下金蛋

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	metal; gold; money	egg; oval shaped
simp. and trad. (下金蛋)		下	金	蛋
Literally: “to lay golden eggs”.

Etymology

From one of Aesop's Fables, the same source as English "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàjīndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjīndàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjindàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chin¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: syà-jīn-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjindann
    • Palladius: сяцзиньдань (sjaczinʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/

Verb

下金蛋

1. to profit (someone) greatly; to make a lot of money for someone