錢是萬惡之源 qián shì wàn è zhī yuán

DEFINITIONS

  1. Money is the root of all evil.

CHARACTERS

錢 qián money, currency, coins
是 shì
HSK 1
indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
惡 è evil, wicked, bad, foul
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
源 yuán
HSK 5
spring; source, head; surname