疏财仗义
shū cái zhàng yì
Pinyin

Definition

疏财仗义
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shū cái zhàng yì
  1. distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

仗
zhàng
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 to hold (a weapon)
  3. 3 to wield
  4. 4 to rely on
  5. 5 to depend on
  6. 6 war
  7. 7 battle
打仗
dǎ zhàng
  1. 1 to fight a battle
  2. 2 to go to war
炮仗
pào zhang
  1. 1 firecracker
疏远
shū yuǎn
  1. 1 to drift apart
  2. 2 to become estranged
  3. 3 to alienate
  4. 4 estrangement
仗义
zhàng yì
  1. 1 to uphold justice
  2. 2 to be loyal (to one's friends)
  3. 3 to stick by
打雪仗
dǎ xuě zhàng
  1. 1 to have a snowball fight
爆仗
bào zhang
  1. 1 (coll.) firecracker
生疏
shēng shū
  1. 1 unfamiliar
  2. 2 strange
  3. 3 out of practice
  4. 4 not accustomed
疏
shū
  1. 1 variant of 疏[shū]
疏导
shū dǎo
  1. 1 to dredge
  2. 2 to open up a path for
  3. 3 to remove obstructions
  4. 4 to clear the way
  5. 5 to enlighten
  6. 6 persuasion
疏忽
shū hu
  1. 1 to neglect
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 negligence
  4. 4 carelessness
疏散
shū sàn
  1. 1 to scatter
  2. 2 to disperse
  3. 3 to evacuate
  4. 4 scattered
  5. 5 to relax
疏于
shū yú
  1. 1 to fail to pay sufficient attention to
  2. 2 to be negligent in regard to
  3. 3 to be lacking in
疏疏
shū shū
  1. 1 sparse
  2. 2 blurred
  3. 3 old for 楚楚[chǔ chǔ]
  4. 4 neat
  5. 5 lovely
疏通
shū tōng
  1. 1 to unblock
  2. 2 to dredge
  3. 3 to clear the way
  4. 4 to get things flowing
  5. 5 to facilitate
  6. 6 to mediate
  7. 7 to lobby
  8. 8 to explicate (a text)
疏离
shū lí
  1. 1 to become alienated
  2. 2 estranged
  3. 3 alienation
  4. 4 disaffection
  5. 5 set wide apart
疏松
shū sōng
  1. 1 to loosen
稀疏
xī shū
  1. 1 sparse
  2. 2 infrequent
  3. 3 thinly spread
亲疏
qīn shū
  1. 1 close and distant (relatives)
雪仗
xuě zhàng
  1. 1 snow fight
  2. 2 snowball fight

Idioms (16)

仗势欺人
zhàng shì qī rén
  1. 1 to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)
  2. 2 to kick people around
仗义执言
zhàng yì zhí yán
  1. 1 to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
  1. 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
天网恢恢，疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢，疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn
  1. 1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
狗仗人势
gǒu zhàng rén shì
  1. 1 a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
疏不见亲
shū bù jiàn qīn
  1. 1 lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives
  2. 2 blood is thicker than water (idiom)
疏水箪瓢
shū shuǐ dān piáo
  1. 1 little water and few utensils
  2. 2 to live a frugal life (idiom)
疏而不漏
shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
疏财仗义
shū cái zhàng yì
  1. 1 distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
疏财重义
shū cái zhòng yì
  1. 1 distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause
亲疏贵贱
qīn shū guì jiàn
  1. 1 close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
  2. 2 all possible relations

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