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钱多事少离家近

qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lots of money, less work, and close to home / ideal job
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

錢多事少離家近 钱多事少离家近 [qian2 duo1 shi4 shao3 li2 jia1 jin4] /lots of money, less work, and close to home/ideal job/

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Other forms in these source records: 錢多事少離家近

  • 钱
    qián

    coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bǐ] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]

    Qián

    surname Qian

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 少
    shǎo

    few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

    shào

    young

  • 离
    chī

    mythical beast (archaic)

    lí

    to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing fire / ☲

    Lí

    surname Li

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 近
    jìn

    near / close to / approximately

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.