钱袋子

錢袋子

qiándàizi

noun

Measure Word

一个钱袋子 gè

Meanings

1 money bag, purse (lit.)
2 one's finances, wallet, household budget
3 (political economy) a household's / nation's income and spending power

Characters

Examples

房价上涨让老百姓的钱袋子越来越紧。

Fángjià shàngzhǎng ràng lǎobǎixìng de qiándàizi yuèláiyuè jǐn.

Rising housing prices are squeezing ordinary people's wallets tighter and tighter.

政府要想办法鼓起老百姓的钱袋子。

Zhèngfǔ yào xiǎng bànfǎ gǔ qǐ lǎobǎixìng de qiándàizi.

The government needs to find ways to fatten up ordinary people's purses.

Tips

usage

In policy and news discourse, 钱袋子 is the standard metonym for household disposable income. Frames like 鼓起钱袋子 ('fatten the purse') and 钱袋子瘪了 ('purse has gone flat') are idiomatic.

Stroke Order

钱 qián

袋 dài

子 zǐ