破財免災 pò cái miǎn zāi

a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
財 cái
wealth; money; property
免 miǎn HSK 4
to avoid; to exempt; to excuse sb
災 zāi
disaster; calamity; variant of 災zāi