爱势贪财 — “Obsessed with power and greedy for money”
爱势贪财 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Obsessed with power and greedy for money”. Infatuated with status and covetous of wealth. Literally, “Love power, covet wealth”.
爱势贪财 Pronunciation and Pinyin
爱势贪财 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 爱势贪财
Wang Xifeng secretly mediated a marriage dispute between the Commander's family and the Zhang family. The Zhang family parents, seeing that the powerful Jia family had sent someone to intervene, were naturally infatuated with power and greedy for wealth. They immediately dissolved their daughter Jin Ge's original engagement.
Unexpectedly, Jin Ge was a woman of strong character and committed suicide by hanging herself. When the Commander's son, her original fiancé, heard of Jin Ge's death, he also drowned himself in a river.
This tragic outcome left both the Zhang and Li families utterly ruined, while Wang Xifeng gained 3,000 taels of silver from her manipulation.
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Synonyms of 爱势贪财
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- ài爱ren人yǐ以dé德Love others with virtue and integrity
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- ài爱bié别lí离kǔ苦the pain of parting from loved ones
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Open the tool →Questions about 爱势贪财
What does 爱势贪财 mean?
爱势贪财 (ài shì tān cái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Obsessed with power and greedy for money”.
How do you pronounce 爱势贪财?
爱势贪财 is pronounced ài shì tān cái in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 爱势贪财 literally mean?
Literally, 爱势贪财 means “Love power, covet wealth”. It is used to mean “Obsessed with power and greedy for money”.
Where does 爱势贪财 come from?
爱势贪财 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to the modern era. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 爱势贪财?
爱慕权势，贪图钱财