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闷声发大财

mēn shēng fā dà cáidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
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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.

Source record: cd-d3ce512aff4d792e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

悶聲發大財 闷声发大财 [men1 sheng1 fa1 da4 cai2] /to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 悶聲發大財

  • 闷
    mēn

    stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly

    mèn

    bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed

  • 声
    shēng

    sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 财
    cái

    money / wealth / riches / property / valuables

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.