







阎罗王面前须没放回的鬼 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Money that has come into one's possession will not be returned”. Irretrievable; what's gone is gone for good. Literally, “A ghost before King Yama that cannot be released back”.
| Character | Pinyin | Strokes | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| yán | 11 | King of Hell | |
| luó | 8 | net, capture, arrange, silk | |
| wáng | 4 | king, ruler, prince, chief | |
| miàn | 9 | face, surface, side, flour, noodles | |
| qián | 9 | forward, before, previous | |
| xū | 9 | must, beard, wait, a moment | |
| méi | 7 | not; have not | |
| fàng | 8 | release, let go, put | |
| huí | 6 | return, reply, revolve | |
| de | 8 | possessive or descriptive particle | |
| guǐ | 10 | ghost, devil, tricky, awful |

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Open the tool →阎罗王面前须没放回的鬼 (yán luó wáng miàn qián xū méi fàng huí de guǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Money that has come into one's possession will not be returned”.
阎罗王面前须没放回的鬼 is pronounced yán luó wáng miàn qián xū méi fàng huí de guǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 阎罗王面前须没放回的鬼 means “a ghost before King Yama that cannot be released back”. It is used to mean “Money that has come into one's possession will not be returned”.
人死后就不会复活。比喻到手的钱不会再退出来