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Definition(s) for: 有钱能使鬼推磨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
有钱能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò - lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
- fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 85,696 52,342

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
有 yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
钱 qián- surname Qian
钱 qián- coin
- money
- CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
能 néng- surname Neng
能 néng- can
- to be able to
- might possibly
- ability
- (physics) energy
使 shǐ- to make
- to cause
- to enable
- to use
- to employ
- to send
- to instruct sb to do sth
- envoy
- messenger
鬼 guǐ- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
- (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
- sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3])
- one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
推 tuī- to push
- to cut
- to refuse
- to reject
- to decline
- to shirk (responsibility)
- to put off
- to delay
- to push forward
- to nominate
- to elect
- massage
磨 mó- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
磨 mò- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round

Other Words Containing 有钱能使鬼推磨

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