大手大脚

dà shǒu dà jiǎo

to spend extravagantly

Character by character

大dà
big

手shǒu
hands

大dà
big

脚jiǎo
feet

他花钱大手大脚，是个典型的月光族。

He’s careless with money and blows his whole pay packet every month.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Usually 花钱大手大脚.

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