spend money like water(huī jīn rú tǔ)

spend money like water

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Hu ī J ī NR ú t ǔ, which means to direct the squandering of money like dirt. It describes a person's generosity or profligacy. It comes from Song Zhoumi's Qi Dong Ye Yu Fu Li's teacher.

explain

Wave: scatter. Spend money like dirt. Describe extreme extravagance.

source

In Song Zhoumi's Qi Dong Ye Yu Fu Li Zhi Shi, it is said that "spending money is like the earth, seeing it as leisurely."

usage

In Feng Menglong's the warning of the world, Volume 32: "however, those who respect your heart and anger your elder brother are just flowers and willows, spending money like dirt." According to Feng Menglong's Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Ming Dynasty, "Hu Tu hears that Bo Kai is spending money like the earth to buy powerful men. He has doubts in his heart, so he visits him in secret." Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of the scholars in Qing Dynasty Chapter 24: Niu Pulang is involved in many lawsuits, Bao Wenqing reorganizes his old career: Stone mouse sneers: "you are a child with no conscience! Thinking about the time when I spent so much money, I don't know how much you used! Now I see that you've got a kiss in someone's house, and I'll leave you a face. If it's not good, I'll say, "come back and say that!" Niu Pu said hastily, "this is from there! You spend money like dirt. When can I see your gold? When do you see your dirt Chapter 30 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: "but at that time, he was arrogant and spent money like dirt. He just regarded money as something improper." Ba Jin's autumn: "but I don't know that Ke'an is spending money like dirt outside. The money spent on Zhang Bixiu alone is a large amount."

Discrimination of words

Synonyms: extravagance, extravagance Antonyms: frugal, thrifty, thrifty usage: predicate, attribute; refers to extravagance English: spendmoneylikwater blueOne's money German: mittgeldumsichschmei β en Russian: бббjдддь

Chinese PinYin : huī jīn rú tǔ