Chinese Word: 大手大脚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful

1		tā 他 shì 是 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 guò guàn 过惯 le 了 de 的。 He has been used to extravagance.
2		wǒ 我 de 的 nǚ ér 女儿 huā qián 花钱 zǒng shì 总是 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚。 My daughter is too careless with money.
3		xiàn zài 现在 rén men 人们 hǎo xiàng 好像 dōu 都 biàn de 变得 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 le 了。 It seems people have become very free with their money these days.
4		tā 她 huā 花 qǐ 起 qián 钱 lái 来 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 le 了， shì qing 事情 hěn 很 míng xiǎn 明显， qián 钱 shì 是 tōu lái 偷来 de 的。 She'd begun spending a lot of money, and the obvious inference was that she'd stolen it.
5		xiāo fèi zhě 消费者 réng rán 仍然 hěn 很 xiǎo xīn yì yì 小心翼翼。 wǒ men 我们 zhēn de 真的 xū yào 需要 tā men 他们 xiàng 像 guò qu 过去 nián dài 年代 nà yàng 那样 kào 靠 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 de 地 xiāo fèi 消费？ Consumers still might be cautious; do we really want them to spend like they did in the old days?

1		tā 他 shì 是 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 guò guàn 过惯 le 了 de 的。 He has been used to extravagance.
2		wǒ 我 de 的 nǚ ér 女儿 huā qián 花钱 zǒng shì 总是 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚。 My daughter is too careless with money.
3		xiàn zài 现在 rén men 人们 hǎo xiàng 好像 dōu 都 biàn de 变得 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 le 了。 It seems people have become very free with their money these days.
4		tā 她 huā 花 qǐ 起 qián 钱 lái 来 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 le 了， shì qing 事情 hěn 很 míng xiǎn 明显， qián 钱 shì 是 tōu lái 偷来 de 的。 She'd begun spending a lot of money, and the obvious inference was that she'd stolen it.
5		xiāo fèi zhě 消费者 réng rán 仍然 hěn 很 xiǎo xīn yì yì 小心翼翼。 wǒ men 我们 zhēn de 真的 xū yào 需要 tā men 他们 xiàng 像 guò qu 过去 nián dài 年代 nà yàng 那样 kào 靠 dà shǒu dà jiǎo 大手大脚 de 地 xiāo fèi 消费？ Consumers still might be cautious; do we really want them to spend like they did in the old days?