稱薪而爨
chēng​xīn'ér​cuàn

extremely stingy

  • created sense approved 称薪而爨/稱薪而爨 · chēng​xīn'ér​cuàn · extremely stingy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    称薪而爨 / 稱薪而爨

    chēng​xīn'ér​cuàn

    extremely stingy

    to weigh the firewood before cooking rice; describes someone who is overly frugal or excessively meticulous about small expenses

    称 (literal) → 称/稱 · chēng · to weigh 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 爨 (literal) → 爨 · cuàn · to cook

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

    created sense