一掷千金

Traditional form:

一擲千金

Pinyin (reading):

yīzhìqiānjīn

Definitions:

• lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
• extravagant

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 掷 - to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 金 - gold, metal; money

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 擲 - to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 金 - gold, metal; money