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悶聲發大財
简 闷声发大财 · 繁 悶聲發大財Mandarin · pinyin mēn shēng fā dà cái
Meanings
- to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 悶
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- 聲
- shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
- 發
- fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
- 大
- dà · big, great, vast, large, high
- 財
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- 闷
- mèn · gloomy, depressed, melancholy
- 声
- shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
- 发
- fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
- 财
- cái · wealth, valuables, riches
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Mandarin tones
1–1–1–4–2 · men1 sheng1 fa1 da4 cai2
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