錢要花很長的時間來賺, 但你可以一下子就花掉它了。

Money takes a long time to earn, but you can spend it in no time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Qián surname Qian
=1 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael liǎng

classifier:

=1 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool
=2 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
=3 Huā surname Hua
=3 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: , , , , ,

=3 huā old variant of huā
=3 huā
  1. variant of huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi
4 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=5 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=5 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=5 zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length
=6 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
8 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=9 zhuàn
  1. to earn
  2. to make a profit
=9 zuàn
  1. to cheat
  2. to swindle
10 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
=11 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=11 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
12 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
13 一下子 xiàzi
  1. in a short while
  2. all at once
  3. all of a sudden
14 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
15 花掉 huādiào
  1. to spend (time, money)
  2. to waste
=16 it
=16 it (pronoun for an animal)
=16 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=16 only used in 它它
=17 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=17 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=17 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=17 liào unofficial variant of liào