to accumulate wealth

to accumulate wealth

Pile up gold and jade, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du ī J ī NJ ī y ù, meaning that there are many gold and jade can be piled up. It describes having a lot of wealth. It's from the collection of changgu - mocking youth.

Analysis of Idioms

He has a lot of money

The origin of Idioms

Li He's poem "Chang Gu Ji Shao Nian" in Tang Dynasty: "pile up gold and jade, boast of gallantry."

Idiom usage

It is used to describe wealth. I'm afraid it's not even rich in the city. In the blink of an eye, the wild grass and idle flowers are everywhere. Yuan, Qian Lin and Ming, Shen Jing's the second and sixth episode of Chivalry: "I wish I could build up my family, accumulate money and jade, and change my clothes. "The first volume of Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan in Ming Dynasty:" the old lady said, "it's not rare to lay down such a beautiful lady, and then accumulate gold and jade."