财
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money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 貝 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 財
- Common rank
- #745
- Unicode
- U+8D22
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Formation & memory
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Words with 财
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上海财经大学 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) | |
| 生财有道 | lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good busin… | |
| 不义之财 | ill-gotten wealth or gains | |
| 和气生财 | (idiom) amiability makes you rich | |
| 发国难财 | to profiteer in a time of national calamity | |
| 小发财 | (coll.) (Tw) mini truck; Kei truck | |
| 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 | (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc)… | |
| 理财学 | financial management (as a field of study) | |
| 酒色财气 | wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices | |
| 发财车 | (Tw) mini truck; Kei truck | |
| 公司理财 | company finance; corporate finance | |
| 人财两空 | (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial… | |
| 信报财经新闻 | Hong Kong Economic Journal | |
| 见财起意 | seeing riches provokes evil designs | |
| 人财两得 | to succeed in both love and business | |
| 财政年度 | fiscal year | |
| 人为财死，鸟为食亡 | lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom); fig. man will … | |
| 财政部长 | minister of finance | |
| 土财主 | local wealthy landlord; country money-bags; rich provincial | |
| 财产公证 | property notarization |
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