| 见钱眼开 |
jiàn qián yǎn kāi |
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing |
| 见 |
jiàn |
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view |
| 见 |
xiàn |
to appear / also written 现 |
| 钱 |
Qián |
surname Qian |
| 钱 |
qián |
coin / money / CL:笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |