"penny-pincher" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
小气鬼小氣鬼	xiǎo qì guǐ	miser / penny-pincher	syn
吝啬鬼吝嗇鬼	lìn sè guǐ	miser / penny-pincher	syn
老抠老摳	lǎo kōu	penny-pincher / miser

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
一分钱一分錢	yī fēn qián	cent / penny
分文	fēn wén	a single penny / a single cent
分钱分錢	fēn qián	cent / penny
功亏一篑功虧一簣	gōng kuī yī kuì	lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)	syn
子儿子兒	zǐ r	(coll.) penny / buck
便士	biàn shì	(loanword) pence / penny
一钱不值一錢不值	yī qián bù zhí	not worth a penny / utterly worthless	syn
不名一文	bù míng yī wén	without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke	syn
涓滴归公涓滴歸公	juān dī guī gōng	every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused	syn
一介不取	yī jiè bù qǔ	to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
一钱如命一錢如命	yī qián rú mìng	stingy / penny-pinching
一不做，二不休	yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū	lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
仙股	xiān gǔ	penny stocks
贪小失大貪小失大	tān xiǎo shī dà	penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)	syn
本士	běn shì	(loanword) pence / penny
辨士	biàn shì	(loanword) pence / penny

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