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一擲千金 (jat1 zaak6 cin1 gam1) — stake a thousand pieces of gold in one throw; spend money like water in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一zaakˍ₆擲cinˉ¹千gamˉ¹金
简 一掷千金
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 zhi4 qian1 jin1

Meaning of 一擲千金

nounstake a thousand pieces of gold in one throw; spend money like water

Characters in 一擲千金

一jat1
one; a; an; the
擲zaak6
throw ; cast
千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
金gam1
a Chinese family name

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