家累千金，坐不垂堂
Traditional form:
家累千金，坐不垂堂
Pinyin (reading):
jiālěiqiānjīn,zuòbùchuítáng
Definitions:
- lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
Characters:
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
- 累 - tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
- 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
- 堂 - hall, large room; government office; cousins
Traditional characters:
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
- 累 - tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
- 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
- 堂 - hall, large room; government office; cousins