錢眼

钱眼
qiányǎn
  1. (figurative) greed for money
  2. greed for money
  3. hole on a coin, making it able to be strung with a cord

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 錢 Qián surname Qian
=1 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=1 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool
2 眼 yǎn
  1. (often used with 一 yī) a look; a glance
  2. small hole
  3. (bound form) salient point
  4. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

classifiers: 隻, 雙

Containing this entry

見錢眼開 jiànqiányǎnkāi
  1. to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain
  2. money-grubbing
鑽錢眼 zuānqiányǎn