人为财死，鸟为食亡
Traditional form:
人為財死，鳥為食亡
Pinyin (reading):
rénwèicáisǐ,niǎowèishíwáng
Definitions:
- lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 财 - riches, wealth, valuables
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 鸟 - bird
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 食 - food; to eat
- 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish
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