发财 fā cái to get rich Example sentences 他每天只想着发财,但是不努力工作。 tā měitiān zhǐ xiǎngzhe fācái, dànshì bù nǔlì gōngzuò. He only wants to make a fortune every day, but he does not work hard 在中国,数字八听起来就跟发财的意思是一样的。 zài zhōngguó, shùzì bā tīng qilai jiù gēn fācái de yìsi shì yīyàng de. In China, the number eight has a similar sound to the word ''making a fortune'' in Chinese, so people regard the number eight as meaning fortunate