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有钱能使鬼推磨

yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò

7-character word Traditional 有錢能使鬼推磨

What 有钱能使鬼推磨 means

1. lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
2. fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks

The characters in 有钱能使鬼推磨

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…
• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish