To be immensely wealthy; to be rolling in money; to have a huge fortune.
Era:
Ancient
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Story:
Legend has it that in ancient times, four young masters Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li were drinking wine and discussing their aspirations by the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou.
Mr. Zhao expressed his fortune in making friends and hoped to become the prefect of Yangzhou.
Mr. Sun, however, wished to ride a red-crowned, white-feathered immortal crane to the celestial palace and spend his remaining years there.
Mr. Li then declared his ambition to be 'to have one hundred thousand strings of cash wrapped around his waist and ride an immortal crane to Yangzhou.' Everyone teased him, saying he was too impatient to drink hot porridge, implying he wanted too much too quickly.