| 闷声发大财 |
mēn shēng fā dà cái |
to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom) |
| 闷 |
mēn |
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly |
| 闷 |
mèn |
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed |
| 声 |
shēng |
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds |
| 发 |
fā |
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 |
fà |
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 财 |
cái |
money / wealth / riches / property / valuables |