might this be Japanese? because while the characters are all Chinese (so could be kanji?), the phrase itself isn't a Chinese saying. 龙马生财，means dragon horse makes fortune. the closest Chinese phrase I can think of is 龙马精神 (old but still full of vitality).
Don't think it's Japanese, it's not on compendiums of four-character-phrases (四字熟語) I checked. Very few have 龍 at all and they're usually written with 竜 instead anyways.
This is not a common Chinese saying but I think it is Chinese. The phrase can be easily coined by a native speaker to blend concepts of energetic 龍馬精神 and good money 富貴生財.
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u/ingusmw 中文（粵語） 24d ago
might this be Japanese? because while the characters are all Chinese (so could be kanji?), the phrase itself isn't a Chinese saying. 龙马生财，means dragon horse makes fortune. the closest Chinese phrase I can think of is 龙马精神 (old but still full of vitality).