worship money like his life

worship money like his life

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì C á IR ú m ì ng, which means to describe people's stinginess and treat money like life. From the romance of Hong Xiuquan.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth chapter of the romance of Hong Xiuquan written by Huang Shizhong in Qing Dynasty: "if you look at money as your destiny and become a rich family, how many people can understand the great justice?"

Idiom usage

He is very greedy and stingy.

Examples

Chapter 6 of Feng Yuxiang's my life: "now the sentinel officer asked for three coins, but he met such a nail. It can be seen how the military officer treated money like his life."

He regards money as his life. If you want him to donate money, it's more difficult than going to heaven.

Analysis of Idioms

Love money like life

Antonym: support justice and dredge wealth