挣钱
zhèng qián
Pinyin

Definition

挣钱
 - 
zhèng qián
  1. to make money

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

钱
Qián
  1. 1 surname Qian
值钱
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
价钱
jià qian
  1. 1 price
取钱
qǔ qián
  1. 1 to withdraw money
压岁钱
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present
存钱
cún qián
  1. 1 to deposit money
  2. 2 to save money
挣
zhēng
  1. 1 see 掙扎|挣扎[zhēng zhá]
挣扎
zhēng zhá
  1. 1 to struggle
挣脱
zhèng tuō
  1. 1 to throw off
  2. 2 to struggle free of
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [zhēng tuō]
挣钱
zhèng qián
  1. 1 to make money
有钱
yǒu qián
  1. 1 well-off
  2. 2 wealthy
有钱人
yǒu qián rén
  1. 1 rich person
  2. 2 the rich
本钱
běn qián
  1. 1 capital
  2. 2 (fig.) asset
  3. 3 advantage
  4. 4 the means (to do sth)
金钱
jīn qián
  1. 1 money
  2. 2 currency
钱包
qián bāo
  1. 1 purse
  2. 2 wallet
钱财
qián cái
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 money
一钱不值
yī qián bù zhí
  1. 1 not worth a penny
  2. 2 utterly worthless
交钱
jiāo qián
  1. 1 to pay up
  2. 2 to shell out
  3. 3 to hand over the money to cover sth
付钱
fù qián
  1. 1 to pay money
份子钱
fèn zi qián
  1. 1 gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)

Idioms (11)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
花钱受气
huā qián shòu qì
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer
  2. 2 to encounter poor service
见钱眼开
jiàn qián yǎn kāi
  1. 1 to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain
  2. 2 money-grubbing
金钱万能
jīn qián wàn néng
  1. 1 money is omnipotent (idiom)
  2. 2 with money, you can do anything
  3. 3 money talks
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的
qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
  1. 1 money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
钱可通神
qián kě tōng shén
  1. 1 with money, you can do anything (idiom)
  2. 2 money talks

Sample Sentences

智联招聘《二零一八应届毕业生就业力调研报告实现个人价值”的数量是选择“挣钱”的近两倍。
zh4lián zhāopìn 《èrlíngyībā yīngjiè bìyèshēng jiùyèlì diàoyán bàogào shíxiàn gèrén jiàzhí ”de shùliàng shì xuǎnzé “zhèngqián ”de jìn liǎngbèi 。
Zhilian recruiter "2018Graduates' Employment Research Report": data revealed that "achieving personal value" is almost twice that of "making money."
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将来你长大了自己挣钱花，
jiānglái nǐ zhǎngdà le zìjǐ zhèngqián huā ，
In the future when you’re grown, you can make your own money and spend it
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钱是挣钱的钱，花钱的花！
qián shì zhèngqián de qián ，huāqián de huā ！
“Qian” means money, “hua” means spending
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钱是挣钱的钱，花钱的花！
qián shì zhèngqián de qián ，huāqián de huā ！
“Qian” means money, “hua” means spending
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好啊，你有用！那你出去挣钱。在家里叫，有个屁用啊？我当初怎么会嫁给你？
hǎo a ，nǐ yǒuyòng ！nà nǐ chūqù zhèngqián 。zài jiā lǐ jiào ，yǒu ge pìyòng a ？wǒ dāngchū zénme huì jiàgěi nǐ ？
OK, then, you're good for something. Go out and make money! Carrying on like this at home is completely pointless! Why did I ever get married to you?
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赛场上什么情况都可能发生，内幕消息靠不住。不过我是从来不会买官方推荐的马的，他们的马场八成就是靠这个来挣钱的！
sàichǎng shàng shénme qíngkuàng dōu kěnéng fāshēng ，nèimù xiāoxi kàobuzhù 。bùguò wǒ shì cónglái bùhuì mǎi guānfāng tuījiàn de mǎ de ，tāmen de mǎchǎng bāchéng jiùshì kào zhè ge lái zhèngqián de ！
Anything could happen during the race. Inside information isn't reliable. But I never bet on officially recommended horses. More likely than not, that's how these tracks make their money!
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真没出息！男人的天职就是挣钱养家，就像女人要生儿育女一样！你离我心目中好男人的标准还差得远呢！
zhēn méi chūxi ！nánrén de tiānzhí jiùshì zhèngqián yǎngjiā ，jiù xiàng nǚrén yào shēngéryùnǚ yīyàng ！nǐ lí wǒ xīnmù zhōng hǎo nánrén de biāozhǔn hái chà de yuǎn ne ！
You're so hopeless! It's the man's duty in life to make money and provide for his family--just like it's the woman's job to give birth to the children. You're pretty far from what I imagine a good man should be.
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哎！现在的商业竞争实在是太激烈了。以后可叫我们怎么挣钱呀？
āi ！xiànzài de shāngyè jìngzhēng shízài shì tài jīliè le 。yǐhòu kě jiào wǒmen zěnme zhèngqián yā ？
These days business competition is so intense! How will we be able to make any money?
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是啊，不过特别震撼。大漠孤烟，那叫壮丽啊！比王洛宾歌里唱的都美！不过大沙漠，荒无人烟，又渴又热。想想古代商人挣钱真不容易，要沿着这样一条路把丝绸卖到欧洲去！
shì a ，bùguò tèbié zhènhàn 。dàmògūyān ，nà jiào zhuànglì a ！bǐ Wáng Luòbīn gē li chàng de dōu měi ！bùguò dà shāmò ，huāngwúrényān ，yòu kě yòu rè 。xiǎngxiang gǔdài shāngrén zhèngqián zhēn bù róngyì ，yào yánzhe zhèyàng yī tiáo lù bǎ sīchóu mài dào Ōuzhōu qù ！
Yeah, but really moving. There were great deserts shrouded in mist-- that's what I call magnificent! It was even more beautiful than in Wang Luo Bing's songs. But in the huge, desolate desert, you're hot and hungry. You think of how hard it was for people in ancient times to make money. They had to follow a road like that to sell their silk in Europe!
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行，我服了！你还真别说，航天科技转化为民用之后，创造的价值可是巨大的！就说太空漫游吧，那些有钱人都争着去，连麦当娜都报名了，这可是个挣钱的行当啊！
xíng ，wǒ fú le ！nǐ hái zhēn bié shuō ，hángtiān kējì zhuǎnhuà wéi mínyòng zhīhòu ，chuàng zào de jiàzhí kěshì jùdà de ！jiù shuō tàikōng mànyóu ba ，nàxiē yǒuqiánrén dōu zhēng zhe qù ，lián Màidāngnà dōu bàomíng le ，zhè kě shì ge zhèngqián de hángdang a ！
OK, I give up! Say no more. When aeronautical technology gets put to work for the people, it will be incredibly valuable. Just think of space travel-- rich people are all competing to go. Even Madonna has signed up. That is a seriously profitable line of business.
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