| 一毛不拔 |
yī máo - bù bá |
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 毛 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 毛 |
máo |
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 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 |