挥金如土

揮金如土
huījīn-rútǔ
idiom #38,826

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Huījīn-rútǔ de rìzi zǒng yǒu jiéshù de yì tiān.
Days of throwing money around always come to an end.
HSK 5
Tā jìchéng le yí dà bǐ yíchǎn, huījīn-rútǔ, méi jǐ nián jiù huā guāng le.
He inherited a fortune, spent it like dirt, and ran through it in a few years.

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

huī
jīn