to be rich

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Stick out the thumb and index finger of one hand, and keep the other three fingers in the palm. Point the index finger skywards, turn the palm sideways, and place it before your neck. Place the fingertip under your jaw.

Example sentence

Everything is gone. Ms. Wu's family started to lose their money and they had to sell their houses. Her family was quite rich in the Baihe District because she was a teacher.
I am very poor but her family was very rich. I come from a poor family but she came from a wealthy family. They had a lot of land but I don't know what happened later on. Her family fell on hard times and they started selling their land one by one until one day they sold them all.

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