疏财重义 (疏財重義)
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Pinyin
Definition
疏财重义 (疏財重義)
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- distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言为重
- 1 each word carries weight
- 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
- 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- 2 naive
- 3 doesn't know who's who
- 4 no sense of priorities
仗义疏财
- 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
功高望重
- 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
- 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.