一毛不拔

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	not; no	pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote
trad. (一毛不拔)		一	毛	不	拔
simp. ^#(一毛不拔)		一	毛	不	拔

Etymology

Literally: won't even pull out a single hair (to give someone)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīmáobùbá

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mou⁴ bat¹ bat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīmáobùbá [Phonetic: yìmáobùbá]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imaububar
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ pä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ mou⁴ bat¹ bat⁶
  - Yale: yāt mòuh bāt baht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mou⁴ bat⁷ bat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ mou⁴ bed¹ bed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚²/

Idiom

一毛不拔

very stingy

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