lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
trad. 一擲千金
Also written 一擲千金【yī zhì qiān jīn】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
掷
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to toss, to throw dice, Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Traditional
- 擲
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 13727 of 2500
千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500