第一桶金 dì yī tǒng jīn

the initial profits from an economic endeavour

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. the initial profits from an economic endeavour
  2. 2. the first pot of gold

Characters

Character Meaning
第 dì HSK 2
marker for ordinal numbers, like first, second
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
桶 tǒng HSK 4
bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
金 jīn HSK 4
gold; money; golden