《百家姓》读掉头一个字，开口就说钱《百家姓》讀掉頭一個字，開口就說錢《百家姓》讀掉頭一個字，開口就説錢

read the Hundred Family Surnames without its first character: the first word out of your mouth is 'money'

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks someone obsessed with money who puts it first in everything. Said critically or teasingly.
Wordplay: The primer opens 'Zhao Qian Sun Li'; drop the first name 赵 (Zhào) and the reading starts with 钱 (qián), which is also the word for 'money'.

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Simplified: 《百家姓》读掉头一个字，开口就说钱
Traditional (Taiwan): 《百家姓》讀掉頭一個字，開口就說錢
Traditional (Hong Kong): 《百家姓》讀掉頭一個字，開口就説錢
Pinyin: 《bǎijiāxìng》dú diàotóu yí gè zì, kāikǒu jiù shuō qián
Bopomofo: 《ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄒㄧㄥˋ》ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄗˋ，ㄎㄞㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨㄛㄑㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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