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一毛不拔

yìmáo-bùbá

(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)

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Meaning of 一毛不拔 in English

yìmáo-bùbáHSK 7–9Syllabus #10269
  1. (lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
  2. (fig.) extremely stingy

Characters

HSK words with 一

一HSK 1一半HSK 1一下HSK 1一些HSK 1一点儿HSK 1一起HSK 2一会儿HSK 2一定HSK 3一共HSK 3一样HSK 3
毛 on its own →
máo · classifier for Chinese fractional moneta

HSK words with 毛

毛HSK 3羽毛球HSK 3毛巾HSK 4毛衣HSK 4毛笔HSK 5毛病HSK 5眉毛HSK 6凤毛麟角HSK 7–9
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
拔 on its own →
bá · to pull up

HSK words with 拔

海拔HSK 6选拔HSK 6拔HSK 7–9提拔HSK 7–9挺拔HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences