「有錢使得鬼推磨 / 有錢駛得鬼推磨」
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Individual Character Meaning: |
有 to have; have; there is/are; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found 錢 money; cash; banknotes and coins 使 make; envoy; spend((money)); to cause"; to exploit someone; to spend money 得 okay; to get; only have; (suffix); advantage; gain; to equal to; to receive; to calculate; to compute; to only have; acceptable; can; able to; great; good; to have even done; to stay still 鬼 ghost; spirit; traitor; the rat; joker; awful; dreadful 推 push; reject; to push; to shove; to push forward; to promote; to advance; to push away; to shirk; to shift; to put off; to postpone; to tailgate 磨 to rub; to polish |
Part of Speech: | expression |
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everything is possible with money; money makes the world go round; literally: "if you have money, you can make a ghost push a millstone"
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