花錢找罪受

Chinese

		to spend money	to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive
trad. (花錢找罪受)		花錢	找	罪	受
simp. (花钱找罪受)		花钱	找	罪	受
Literally: “spend money, find guilt”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ cin^4-2 zaau² zeoi⁶ sau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua cián jhǎo zuèi shòu
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹ chʻien² chao³ tsui⁴ shou⁴
    • Yale: hwā chyán jǎu dzwèi shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua chyan jao tzuey show
    • Palladius: хуа цянь чжао цзуй шоу (xua cjanʹ čžao czuj šou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ cin^4-2 zaau² zeoi⁶ sau⁶
    • Yale: fā chín jáau jeuih sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tsin^4-2 dzaau² dzoey⁶ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ qin^4-2 zao² zêu⁶ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵ t͡saːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² sɐu̯²²/

Idiom

花錢找罪受

1. to spend money on something that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous