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one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money

Time: 2022-01-31 01:27:13 Author: ChinaWiki.net

one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money

Red eyes at the sight of money, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à nqi á NY à NH ó ng, which means red eyes at the sight of money. It's from flowers in the mirror.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 58 of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: "the most easily distinguishable one is the thief's eyes, because he is jealous of money, so it is easy to distinguish."

Idiom usage

It refers to greed and love of money. example please don't be jealous of money. A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way.

one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money


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