"揮金如土" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 挥金如土 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 揮金如土
  1. to spend money like water; to spend money extravagantly Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 揮霍無度/挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù), 揮霍無度 (huīhuòwúdù), 挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)
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    {
      "form": "挥金如土",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spend money like water; to spend money extravagantly"
      ],
      "id": "en-揮金如土-zh-phrase-WIt-2bUW",
      "links": [
        [
          "spend money like water",
          "spend money like water"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "extravagant",
          "extravagant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
          "word": "揮霍無度/挥霍无度"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
          "word": "揮霍無度"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
          "word": "挥霍无度"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huījīnrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huījīnrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueijinrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hui¹-chin¹-ju²-tʻu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwēi-jīn-rú-tǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueijinrutuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuejczinʹžutu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуэйцзиньжуту"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāi gām yùh tóu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jy⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fei¹ gem¹ yu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "揮金如土"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "挥金如土",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "揮金如土",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 土",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 如",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 揮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 金",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spend money like water; to spend money extravagantly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spend money like water",
          "spend money like water"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "extravagant",
          "extravagant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huījīnrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huījīnrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueijinrútǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hui¹-chin¹-ju²-tʻu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwēi-jīn-rú-tǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueijinrutuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuejczinʹžutu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуэйцзиньжуту"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāi gām yùh tóu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fai¹ gam¹ jy⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fei¹ gem¹ yu⁴ tou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
      "word": "揮霍無度/挥霍无度"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
      "word": "揮霍無度"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huīhuòwúdù",
      "word": "挥霍无度"
    }
  ],
  "word": "揮金如土"
}

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