罗掘
罗掘
luó jué
to scrape around for money; hard pressed for cash; cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 羅掘
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- (verb, idiom) to scrape around for money
- hard pressed for cash
- cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)
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Related Words
罗雀掘鼠(luó què jué shǔ)— lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→一掷千金(yī zhì qiān jīn)— lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
→保证金(bǎo zhèng jīn)— earnest money
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