四出文钱 (四出文錢)
sì chū wén qián
Pinyin
Definition
四出文钱 (四出文錢)
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- coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Hàn Líng Dì], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to pay
- 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
- 1 to extend
- 1 to go out
- 2 to come out
- 3 to occur
- 4 to produce
- 5 to go beyond
- 6 to rise
- 7 to put forth
- 8 to happen
- 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 1 to come out
- 2 to appear
- 3 to arise
- 1 to go out
Idioms (20)
一文不值
- 1 worthless (idiom)
- 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
- 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
一言既出，驷马难追
- 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
- 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
- 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
不值一文
- 1 worthless (idiom)
- 2 no use whatsoever