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Meaning of 爱财如命

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爱 ài 财 cái 如 rú 命 mìng (Trad.: 愛財如命)
lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom); fig. avaricious; tightfisted
Example Sentences
1
她老板是个爱财如命的人
。
Her boss is a skinflint.
2
假如你爱财如命
,
你永远都不会满足
。
If you love money, you will never be satisfied;
3
相反
,
埃及高官们虽然都爱财如命
,
但是却更爱慕虚荣
,
这正是埃及的问题之所在
。
On the contrary, vanity more than venality was the problem at the top in Egypt.
4
记得有篇小说写一个爱财如命的财迷
,
进了一座黄金山
,
山内皆是黄金珠宝
,
大喜若狂
。
Remember a novel writing a love money, the avarice into a HuangJinShan mountain, all is in gold jewelry, if big wild.
5
简的母亲卡罗琳对家庭境况十分不满
,
以至于她变成了一个冷酷无情
,
爱财如命
,
不顾亲情的畸形
。
" Meanwhile, Jane's mother, Carolyn (Annette Bening), places such value on status that she has turned into a "bloodless, money-grubbing freak" who has no time for any form of intimacy.