搖錢樹 [摇钱树]

Jyutping jiu4 cin4 syu6
Pinyin yáo qián shù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. a source of easy money (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    賺大​錢​嘅​工具​ ​ ​（​量​詞​:​樖​）
    (lit.) money tree: tree that sheds coins when it is shaken; (fig.) a person or thing that is used as a tool for making money; goose that lays golden eggs
    • 呢條拜金港女最鍾意揾啲有錢男人，當佢哋係搖錢樹噉洗。
      呢条拜金港女最钟意揾啲有钱男人，当佢哋系摇钱树噉洗。
      She is a gold digger looking for rich men, using them like a golden-eggs-laying geese.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, historical
    money tree, a kind of grave goods in ancient China
  2. noun
    money tree (various plants in the genus Ficus, such as Ficus elastica and Ficus deltoidea)
  3. noun, figuratively
    person or thing which is or can be used as a source of easy money; money-spinner; milch cow; gold mine
  4. noun, Chinese
    legendary tree which sheds coins when shaken; money tree
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他们把我们当成摇钱树。
    他們把我們當成搖錢樹。
    tā men bǎ wǒ men dàng chéng yáo qián shù 。
    • They're taking us for cash cows.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢条拜金港女最钟意揾啲有钱男人，当佢哋系摇钱树噉洗。
    呢條拜金港女最鍾意揾啲有錢男人，當佢哋係搖錢樹噉洗。
    • She is a gold digger looking for rich men, using them like a golden-eggs-laying geese.