一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一毛不拔
yìmáobùbá
stingy; unwilling to spend even a penny
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
拔 bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 犮 to pull up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我叔叔是个一毛不拔的人，从来不请客。 Wǒ shūshu shì gè yìmáobùbá de rén, cónglái bù qǐngkè. My uncle is a real penny-pincher; he never treats anyone.
- 他对朋友一毛不拔，大家都不爱跟他来往。 Tā duì péngyou yìmáobùbá, dàjiā dōu bú ài gēn tā láiwǎng. He is stingy with his friends, so nobody likes to keep in touch with him.
- 这家公司对员工福利一毛不拔，广告却舍得花钱。 Zhè jiā gōngsī duì yuángōng fúlì yìmáobùbá, guǎnggào què shěde huā qián. This company won't spend a penny on employee benefits, yet it is willing to pay for advertising.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while