有钱人 (有錢人)
yǒu qián rén
Pinyin
Definition
有钱人 (有錢人)
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- rich person
- the rich
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
Sample Sentences
说得好像真有那么一回事,但是那么贵就很难普及,怎么看都只是少数自认环保先进的有钱人的高级玩具...
Now that you say it, it seems like that really is the case. But it will be unlikely to gain popularity at that price. However one looks at it, it's really just an expensive toy for a small minority of wealthy people who think of themselves as environmentally responsible.
你确实不是有钱人,但是绝对符合自认环保先进这一条,不过瞧你说得天花乱坠,不如载我一程,看看它的表现能不能说服我。
You are not wealthy, that's true, but you do think of yourself as environmentally responsible. But rather than hear you continue to sing its praises, why don't you just take me for a ride, to see if its performance will persuade me.
咱俩第一天认识吗?我哪里是个有钱人啊!
You didn't just meet me yesterday, right? How am I wealthy?
贫穷限制了我的想象力:有钱人的生活你无法想象,虽然是一句玩笑话,但多少有些扎心,的确每天吃馒头的孩子根本无法想象满汉全席的滋味。
Poverty limits my imagination: You cannot imagine the lives of wealthy people. Although it is said as a joke, it is somewhat " Zha1 Xin1". It is true that the children who eat steamed bread every day cannot imagine the taste of a formal banquet of Manchurian and Chinese delicacies.
有钱人不一定快乐。
A rich person is not necessarily happy.
买不起:说的是一种“没有钱”、“不是有钱人”的事实。
can't afford to buy: a way to describe the reality of "not having money", "not a rich person".
哼!法律都是保护那些有钱人的!我们只是站在这里抗议,他才不会理我们!
Hmph! The law always seems to protect the rich! We're just standing here demonstrating, they won't take any notice of us!
当然,少的几万块,多的十几万。里面都是真正的有钱人。
Of course, it's at least several tens of thousands of kuai, and as much as over 100,000. Everyone there is really rich.
投资什么?股票我可不买,听说很多有钱人都赔得一塌糊涂。
Invest in what? I won't buy stocks; I've heard that many rich people have been ruined.
小李是有钱人吗?
Is Xiao Li rich?