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有錢能使鬼推磨
简 有钱能使鬼推磨 · 繁 有錢能使鬼推磨Mandarin · pinyin yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
Meanings
- lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
- fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Characters in this entry
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 錢
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- 能
- néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
- 使
- shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
- 鬼
- guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
- 推
- tuī · push, expel; push forward
- 磨
- mó · grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone
- 钱
- qián · money, currency, coins
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Mandarin tones
3–2–2–3–3–1–4 · you3 qian2 neng2 shi3 gui3 tui1 mo4
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jau5 cin2 nang4 sai2 gwai2 teoi1 mo4
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proverb
- money makes the world go around; money talks
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