纸钱 (紙錢)
zhǐ qián
Pinyin

Definition

纸钱 (紙錢)
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zhǐ qián
  1. ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
纸
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 沓 dá
  4. 4 classifier for documents, letter etc
钱
Qián
  1. 1 surname Qian
值钱
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
价钱
jià qian
  1. 1 price

Idioms (17)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)

Sample Sentences

七月十五我们一般就是烧点纸钱，再供点儿吃的喝的；清明的时候要扫墓上坟；十月初一要烧用纸做的衣服给先人，因为那时候天冷了。
qīyuèshíwǔ wǒmen yībān jiùshì shāo diǎn zhǐqián ，zài gòng diǎnr chī de hē de ；qīngmíng de shíhou yào sǎomù shàngfén ；shíyuèchūyī yào shāo yòng zhǐ zuò de yīfu gěi xiānrén ，yīnwèi nà shíhou tiān lěng le 。
On the fifteen day of the seventh month of the lunar year, we generally just burn a little paper money, as well as some thing for the ghosts to eat or drink. On Tomb-Sweeping Day we go to the cemetery to sweep our ancestors' graves. On Winter Clothing Day, we burn paper clothing for our ancestors, because the weather starts getting colder at that time.
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都买了，早上去菜场买了水果、纸钱、香、还有花，我昨天卤了爸生前最爱吃的牛腱，正在切呢，一会儿装好就可以走了，早去早回也好。
dōu mǎi le ，zǎoshang qù càichǎng mǎi le shuǐguǒ 、zhǐqián 、xiāng 、háiyǒu huā ，wǒ zuótiān lǔ le bà shēngqián zuìài chī de niújiàn ，zhèngzài qiē ne ，yīhuǐr zhuāng hǎo jiù kěyǐ zǒu le ，zǎo qù zǎo huí yě hǎo 。
Yes, I bought everything. I went to the market this morning to buy fruit, joss paper, incense and flowers. Yesterday I stewed a shank of beef just like dad used to like when he was alive. I'm cutting it right now. I'll pack it up and then we can go. The sooner we go the sooner we can come back.
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