Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

钱串子 [qiánchuànzi]

1. 1. noun A string running through the holes of copper coins in ancient time; also refers to the string of cash.

   他家那个钱串子, 是他爷爷遗留下来的。

   The cash string of his family was left by his grandpa.

2. 2. noun A ,money-minded person; money-grubber; pay too much attention on money.

   他的钱只许进不许出, 大家都叫他钱串子。

   He just takes money in without letting it out, everyone calls a money bags.

3. 3. noun A kind of arthropod; a millipede; a 3-7 centimeters arthropod composed of many segments; it looks like a string of copper cash and inhabits the foot of a wall, stone crevices and other damp places, and feeding on insects; also 钱龙 or 蓑衣虫.

   我家老房子的墙角处有钱串子出没。

   Millipedes haunt the corners of my old house.