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千金一掷

qiān jīn yī zhì

4-character word Traditional 千金一擲

What 千金一掷 means

1. lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
2. extravagant

The characters in 千金一掷

• 千qiānthousand
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 掷zhìto toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí