1. usury2. high interest loan (in former times)
1. piggy bank2. coin bank3. money box
1. money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll2. (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession
1. string of copper coins (in ancient China)2. (fig.) an overly money-oriented person3. (zoology) centipede
Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier
Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 钱塘潮[qián táng cháo]
tidal bore of the Qiantang River 钱塘江[qián táng jiāng] in Zhejiang
Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
1. (coll.) purse; money bag2. (fig.) one's money; one's savings
Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 围城[wéi chéng]
(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching
much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
rich and powerful (idiom)
1. to have money and time2. to be part of the leisure class3. the idle rich
见钱眼开 見錢眼開 jiàn qián yǎn kāi HSK 7–9 1. to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain2. money-grubbing
caring only about money and wealth
1. money is omnipotent (idiom)2. with money, you can do anything3. money talks
1. with money, you can do anything (idiom)2. money talks
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò 1. lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)2. fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
1. two bits2. a small amount of money
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams
1. to collect money from sb2. to give money to sb
1. newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote2. fresh capital; new investment funds3. (coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
1. to spend big (on sth)2. to pour a lot of money into sth
1. (coll.) rich2. well-heeled
(slang) old money; (attributive) characterized by understated luxury and elite taste
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006
Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
erhua variant of 俩钱[liǎ qián]
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
to be in a position to (take on a challenge etc)
erhua variant of 钱串[qián chuàn]
Qiantang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate
private saved money of close family members