to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
trad. 悶聲發大財
Also written 悶聲發大財【mēn shēng fā dà cái】
Characters in this word
5闷
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stuffy, shut indoors, to smother, to cover tightly
- Pinyin
- mēn
- Traditional
- 悶
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13363 of 2500
声
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sound, voice, tone, noise, reputation, classifier for sounds
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Traditional
- 聲
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2265 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
财
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money, wealth, riches, property, valuables
- Pinyin
- cái
- Traditional
- 財
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 26346 of 2500