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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「見財起意」.

Today, we explore the idiom 「見財起意」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

When seeing other people’s money, evil thoughts arise.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiàn cái qǐ yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gin3 choi4 hei2 yi3

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