分金撥兩
fēn​jīn​bō​liǎng

to pinch pennies

  • created sense approved 分金拨两/分金撥兩 · fēn​jīn​bō​liǎng · to pinch pennies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分金拨两 / 分金撥兩

    fēn​jīn​bō​liǎng

    to pinch pennies

    to be very stingy or calculating about small amounts of money; to haggle over every penny

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · money 拨 (literal) → 拨/撥 · bō · to allocate 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · liang

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

    created sense