Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    stingy

    yī
    一
    máo
    毛
    bù
    不
    bá
    拔
    一毛不拔
    yī máo bù bá

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    毛
    máo
    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = 1 / 10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn]) / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / surname Mao
    不
    bù
    not / no / (negative prefix)
    拔
    bá
    to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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