| 挥金如土 |
huī jīn rú tǔ |
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant |
| 挥 |
huī |
to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse |
| 金 |
Jīn |
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) |
| 金 |
jīn |
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 土 |
Tǔ |
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
| 土 |
tǔ |
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |