卖水的看大河，尽是钱賣水的看大河，盡是錢賣水的看大河，盡是錢

a water seller looking at a great river: all he sees is money

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks someone who values profit above all and sees money in everything.

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Simplified: 卖水的看大河，尽是钱
Traditional (Taiwan): 賣水的看大河，盡是錢
Pinyin: mài shuǐ de kàn dàhé, jìn shì qián
Bopomofo: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ，ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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