挥金如土

Traditional form:

揮金如土

Pinyin (reading):

huījīnrútǔ

Definitions:

• lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
• fig. to spend money like water
• extravagant

Characters:

• 挥 - to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth

Traditional characters:

• 揮 - to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth