慷慨解囊 (kāng kǎi jiě náng) — to generously donate or contribute money to help others (formal idiom)
Definition
Formal chengyu meaning 'to give generously from one's purse.' Pairs with 为/对 + cause (e.g. 为灾区解囊); the verb 解囊, not the noun, carries the giving sense.
idiom
to generously donate or contribute money to help others (formal idiom)
Examples
- ，慷慨解囊。Tīng shuō zāi qū xū yào wù zī, tā lì jí kāng kǎi jiě náng.Hearing that the disaster area needed supplies, he immediately made a generous donation.
- 慷慨解囊，。Gōng sī duì zhè cì cí shàn huó dòng kāng kǎi jiě náng, chóu dé le dà liàng zī jīn.The company generously contributed to this charity event, raising a large amount of funds.
- 慷慨解囊，。Lín jū men fēn fēn kāng kǎi jiě náng, bāng zhù nà hù shī huǒ de rén jiā dù guò nán guān.The neighbors took turns making generous contributions to help the family whose house burned down get through the crisis.
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