抱着元宝跳井,舍命不舍财 抱著元寶跳井,捨命不捨財 抱着元寶跳井,捨命不捨財

jumping into a well hugging gold ingots: giving up life, not wealth

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes someone who values money more than life. Mocking.
Simplified
抱着元宝跳井,舍命不舍财
Traditional (Taiwan)
抱著元寶跳井,捨命不捨財
Traditional (Hong Kong)
抱着元寶跳井,捨命不捨財
Pinyin
bàozhe yuánbǎo tiàojǐng, shěmìng bù shě cái
Bopomofo
ㄅㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ,ㄕㄜˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄜˇ ㄘㄞˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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