横财
hèng cái
Pinyin

Definition

横财
 - 
hèng cái
  1. easy money
  2. windfall
  3. ill-gotten gains
  4. undeserved fortune
  5. illegal profit

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

恭喜发财
gōng xǐ fā cái
  1. 1 May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])
横
héng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 across
  3. 3 crosswise
  4. 4 horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. 5 to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6 to cross (a river, etc)
  7. 7 in a jumble
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. 10 violent
横行
héng xíng
  1. 1 to go on the rampage
  2. 2 to riot
  3. 3 to run amuck
发财
fā cái
  1. 1 to get rich
财
cái
  1. 1 money
  2. 2 wealth
  3. 3 riches
  4. 4 property
  5. 5 valuables
财富
cái fù
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 riches
财源
cái yuán
  1. 1 financial resources
  2. 2 source of revenue
财神
cái shén
  1. 1 god of wealth
专横
zhuān hèng
  1. 1 imperious
  2. 2 peremptory
强横
qiáng hèng
  1. 1 surly and unreasoning
  2. 2 bullying
  3. 3 tyrannical
才华横溢
cái huá héng yì
  1. 1 brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
  2. 2 brilliant
横向
héng xiàng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 orthogonal
  3. 3 perpendicular
  4. 4 lateral
  5. 5 crosswise
横幅
héng fú
  1. 1 horizontal scroll
  2. 2 banner
  3. 3 streamer
横批
héng pī
  1. 1 horizontal scroll (for inscription)
横扫
héng sǎo
  1. 1 to sweep away
  2. 2 to sweep across
横流
héng liú
  1. 1 to overflow
  2. 2 transverse flow
  3. 3 to flow over
  4. 4 cross flow
横空
héng kōng
  1. 1 filling the atmosphere
  2. 2 covering the sky
横竖
héng shu
  1. 1 anyway
横财
hèng cái
  1. 1 easy money
  2. 2 windfall
  3. 3 ill-gotten gains
  4. 4 undeserved fortune
  5. 5 illegal profit

Idioms (20)

人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
  1. 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
和气生财
hé qì shēng cái
  1. 1 (idiom) amiability makes you rich
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
闷声发大财
mēn shēng fā dà cái
  1. 1 to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])
招财进宝
zhāo cái jìn bǎo
  1. 1 ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
  1. 1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
  2. 2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
  1. 1 the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

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