one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money(jiàn qián yǎn kāi)

one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money

Seeing money is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Ji à nqi á NY à NK à I, which means seeing money makes eyes wide open. It describes people who are greedy for money. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.

The origin of Idioms

The eighty first chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Lan Ling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: "abandoning the old to welcome the new, seeing money with open eyes, the principle of nature."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] forget what you mean when you see profit, be jealous when you see money antonym] think what you mean when you see profit

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for greed and love of money. Today's Zhongcheng, though honest in face, is an honest man. The 23rd chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty and Li Yu's flounder in the Qing Dynasty: "since ancient times, when I saw money, I was open-minded. I exchanged 1000 taels of silver. When I talked with him, I put it in front of him. He saw nature." Chapter 18 of Lao Can's Travels: "I didn't give you any money. Why would I honor you when I came to power? It can be seen that people all over the world are not open-minded to money. "

Idiom story

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a rich businessman named Chai in Suzhou. He was very rich, so people called him "caiwanguan". Although he is rich, he is extremely stingy. one year, the capital of Lin'an opened, and Gu Wenxiu, the nephew of CAI Wanguan, wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam, but his family was poor and had no money. Gu Wenxiu thought about it and thought that he had to borrow some from his uncle's house, but he knew his uncle's temper well, so he found his aunt quietly. My aunt didn't care about money, so she gave him some jewelry. When Cai Wanguan knew this, he was like gouging out his heart. He was so angry that he couldn't see anything. When the rich man was blind, he prayed for Buddha everywhere. One day, an old monk told him that Jigong monk of Lingyin Temple had boundless Buddhism and could cure his eye disease. After hearing this, Cai Wanguan went to ask for help. Jigong joked: "benefactor, if you can't see, if you can't get upset, you can't see anything!" Caiwanguan kowtowed and said, "I only want the holy monk to cure my eyes. My disciples are willing to give alms." Ji Gong took out the book and said, "how much can you give?" Caiguan was cruel and said: "ten Liang!" Ji Gong said with a smile, "I'm sorry to say that. I'm the richest man in Suzhou!" Caiwan Guanxin: "one hundred Liang" Jigong turned around and said: "then go home and touch the silver!" Caiwanguan was so anxious that he scratched his ears. At last, he trembled and said: "one, one thousand Liang, it's OK." Jigong said, "I'll try it." He pretended to read a few incantations, and rubbed some mud pills from his body for him to eat, but it was not good enough. Jigong said, "it seems that the eyes of the benefactor are incurable." The rich man begged again, and Jigong said, "well, your eyes can only be cured by Lin'an No.1 scholar. Let's go to find him." Caiwanguan and Jigong come to Lin'an and find the number one scholar's mansion. It turns out that Gu Wenxiu is the new champion. Gu Wenxiu heard that his uncle was coming. He quickly welcomed them into the living room and said, "my nephew is able to win the imperial list because of my aunt's financial support." Having said that, he ordered his family to hold up ten grand treasures and said, "my nephew doesn't have much property yet. I'll show my filial piety to my uncle for the first thousand taels of silver, even if I make a counter-offer." When he heard that, he returned 1000 taels of silver to him. He felt the ten Yuan Bao with great joy and wanted to swallow them in one mouthful. In this way, Ji Gong said: "heart disease should be treated with heart medicine. If you see money, you should open your eyes. Well, open it! Go! Go Caiwanguan only felt that his eyes were bright. In front of him were ten silver ingots. He cried happily: "silver! Silver! A lot of silver Ji Gong sneered and said, "benefactor, you are suffering from this disease because of your money, and you are cured because of your money. If you want to get sick again in the future, my monk can't help it." "This one thousand taels of silver is your promised alms." Caiwanguan was very distressed, but he was afraid that he would be blind again, so he sighed and nodded.

Chinese PinYin : jiàn qián yǎn kāi