rich merchants(háo shāng jù jiǎ)

rich merchants

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á OSH ā NGJ ù g ǔ, which means big businessman. It comes from the history of the Song Dynasty, Shihuo Zhi II.

The origin of Idioms

In the history of the Song Dynasty, Shihuo Zhi (Part 5), it is said that "all the profits of false estimation go to the great merchants."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used in writing. At that time, the trade industry was gradually prosperous, and they often exchanged with literati and officials. (Liang Qichao, the general trend of the changes of Chinese academic thought, Chapter 3, Section 1)

Chinese PinYin : háo shāng jù jiǎ