ill-gotten wealth, ill-spent; easy come, easy go; squander
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
money obtained unfairly will be lost unfairly; easy come, easy go; to squander recklessly
literary源自《礼记·大学》。通常用于劝诫不要贪图不义之财，或形容挥霍无度、不善理财。包含道德和因果意味。
Tā他
kào靠
qī欺
zhà诈
zhuàn赚
lái来
de的
qián钱
，
hěn很
kuài快
yòu又
yīn因
dú赌
bó博
shū输
guāng光
le了
，
zhēn真
shì是
bèi悖
rù入
bèi悖
chū出
。
The money he made through fraud was quickly lost again through gambling—truly a case of easy come, easy go.
Gǔ古
rén人
yún云
“
bèi悖
rù入
bèi悖
chū出
”
，
tān贪
wū污
shòu受
huì贿
dé得
lái来
de的
bù不
yì义
zhī之
cái财
zhōng终
jiū究
shǒu守
bú不
zhù住
。
As the ancients said, 'ill-gotten wealth is ill-spent'; money obtained through corruption and bribery ultimately cannot be kept.
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Tā他
zhòng中
le了
cǎi彩
piào票
jiù就
dà大
sì肆
huī挥
huò霍
，
méi没
guò过
bàn半
nián年
jiù就
pò破
chǎn产
le了
，
zhè这
wán完
quán全
shì是
bèi悖
rù入
bèi悖
chū出
de的
jié结
guǒ果
。
After winning the lottery, he squandered it recklessly and went bankrupt within half a year—a classic example of easy come, easy go.