千金散尽还复来

千金散盡還復來
qiān jīn sàn jìn huán fù lái
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 a thousand pieces of gold, once scattered, will come back again
  2. 2 money spent freely will return; don't grudge what you give

Examples

Tā qǐngkè cóngbù xiǎoqì, zǒng shuō qiānjīnsànjìnhuánfùlái.
He's never stingy when treating people — always says 'gold spent comes back.'
Yòng Lǐbái nà jù qiānjīnsànjìnhuánfùlái lái kāidǎo tā, bié tài xīnténg qián.
Use Li Bai's line 'gold spent returns' to cheer him up — don't be so pained about the money.

Tips

history
From 李白 Li Bai 《》 — one of the most famous drinking poems in Chinese literature: 天生有用千金 — 'heaven must have made my talent for some use; a thousand gold coins scattered will come back.' Bravado of the confident spender.
usage
here is huán (to return), not hái. is sàn (to scatter/spend), not sǎn. Usually quoted with the preceding 天生有用 — the lines form a single confident declaration.

Stroke Order

qiān
jīn
sàn
jìn
hái
lái