錢是萬惡之源

Money is the root of all evil.

surname Qian

coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

everything that is evil

used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

the root of all evil

root / source / origin