lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom); fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
trad. 有錢能使鬼推磨
Also written 有錢能使鬼推磨【yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò】
Characters in this word
7有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
钱
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surname Qian
- Pinyin
- Qián
- Traditional
- 錢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 198 of 2500
能
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surname Neng
- Pinyin
- Néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 53 of 2500
使
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to make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ, to send, to instruct sb to do sth, envoy, messenger
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 629 of 2500
鬼
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disembodied spirit; ghost; devil, (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc, sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]), one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- Pinyin
- guǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 790 of 2500
推
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to push, to cut, to refuse, to reject, to decline, to shirk (responsibility), to put off, to delay, to push forward, to nominate, to elect, massage
- Pinyin
- tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2207 of 2500
磨
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to rub, to grind, to polish, to sharpen, to wear down, to die out, to waste time, to pester, to insist
- Pinyin
- mó
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 15087 of 2500