一毛不拔 (yī máo bù bá)
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom); fig. extremely stingy
Character breakdown
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一 (yī) · 1 strokes
A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.
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毛 (Máo) · 4 strokes
Pictograph of a feather.
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不 (bù) · 4 strokes
Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.
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拔 (bá) · 8 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and and 犮 represents the sound.
Usage
他是个一毛不拔的守财奴。
stingy (idiom)
tā shì gè yī máo bù bá de shǒu cái nú 。