见 钱 眼 开

jiàn qián yǎn kāidictionary entry

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing

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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:

見錢眼開 见钱眼开 [jian4 qian2 yan3 kai1] /to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain/money-grubbing/

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Other forms in these source records: 見錢眼開

见
jiàn
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
xiàn
to appear / also written 現|现[xiàn]
钱
qián
coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bǐ] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]
Qián
surname Qian
眼
yǎn
eye (CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]) / (often used with 一[yī]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
开
kāi
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

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