「發國難財」
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Pronunciation: | faat3 gwok3 naan6 coi4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
發 send out; get rich; to occur; to start; to rise; to produce; to send out; to distribute; to allocate; to spread out; to express; to develop; to become; to flourish; to feel; to expose; to discover; to invent; to whisk; to whip someone; to prosper; to be rich; to worsen; to grow a plant 國 country; nation; state; place; vassal state 難 difficult; disaster; hard; catastrophe; calamity; suffering; generally, trouble 財 wealth; money; finance |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to profiteer from a nationwide disaster
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