挥金如土

揮金如土

huījīnrútǔ

idiom #38,826

Meanings

1 to spend money like dirt
2 to squander money
3 extravagant spending

Characters

to scatter, wave

Examples

他继承了一大笔遗产，挥金如土，没几年就花光了。

Tā jìchéng le yī dà bǐ yíchǎn, huī jīn rú tǔ, méi jǐ nián jiù huā guāng le.

He inherited a fortune, spent it like dirt, and ran through it in a few years.

挥金如土的日子总有结束的一天。

Huī jīn rú tǔ de rìzi zǒng yǒu jiéshù de yī tiān.

Days of throwing money around always come to an end.

Tips

memory

Literally 'waving gold like dirt' — treating money as if it were worthless soil you could fling by the handful. The image is close to the English 'throw money around.'

Stroke Order

挥 huī

金 jīn

如 rú

土 tǔ