| 孔方兄 |
kǒng fāng xiōng |
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle) |
| 孔 |
Kǒng |
surname Kong |
| 孔 |
kǒng |
hole / CL:个 / classifier for cave dwellings |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 兄 |
xiōng |
elder brother |