Niánqīngrén bié dàshǒudàjiǎo de, yào xuéhuì cúnqián.
Young people shouldn't be so wasteful — you need to learn how to save money.
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history
From Cao Xueqin's 《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber, Qing dynasty), chapter 51. The phrase literally means 'big hands, big feet' — giving generously/carelessly — and originally just described someone physically large before shifting to its modern financial sense.
memory
Picture someone with oversized hands scattering coins everywhere as they walk — 大手 (big hands) that can't hold money, 大脚 (big feet) that walk it all away.
