钱串子

錢串子

qiánchuànzi

noun

Measure Word

一条钱串子 tiáo

Meanings

1 string of coins (old China)
2 (figurative) a money-grubbing person
3 (colloquial zoology) centipede / house centipede

Characters

to string together

Examples

他家的墙角跑出一条钱串子。

Tājiā de qiángjiǎo pǎo chū yìtiáo qiánchuànzi.

A house centipede scurried out from the corner of his wall.

别把他当钱串子看。

Bié bǎ tā dāng qiánchuànzi kàn.

Don't treat him as just a money-grubber.

Tips

memory

Think of a strung-together line of copper cash (方孔钱) — the many-legged house centipede looks like that string wriggling across the floor. That visual pun gave us the zoological nickname in northern dialects.

Stroke Order

钱 qián

串 chuàn

子 zǐ