一毛不拔 meaning in English
(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom); (fig.) extremely stingy
HSK 7-917 strokes
Meaning of 一毛不拔
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yīmáobùbá
- (lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
- (fig.) extremely stingy
Stroke order for each character
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
- 1
毛 máo · hair · 4 strokes
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- 2
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不 bù · no · 4 strokes
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- 3
- 4
拔 bá · to pull up · 8 strokes
- 1
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Related words
Words that share a character with 一毛不拔.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 是不是 | shì bu shì | is or is not (used to form yes-no questions) |
| 不用 | bùyòng | need not |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
Questions about 一毛不拔
What does 一毛不拔 mean?
一毛不拔 (yīmáo-bùbá) means "(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom); (fig.) extremely stingy".
How do you write 一毛不拔?
一毛不拔 is made of 4 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 毛 (4 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 拔 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 一毛不拔 an HSK word?
Yes. 一毛不拔 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.