买菜求益
mǎi​cài​qiú​yì

excessively mean

  • created sense approved 买菜求益/買菜求益 · mǎi​cài​qiú​yì · excessively mean — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    买菜求益 / 買菜求益

    mǎi​cài​qiú​yì

    excessively mean

    To be overly stingy or petty about money or compensation; literally "buying vegetables and asking for more".

    买菜 (literal) → 买菜/買菜 · mǎi​cài · to shop for groceries 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 益 (literal) → 益 · yì · to increase

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense