too stingy to pull out a hair

too stingy to pull out a hair

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī m á ob ù B á, which means not to pluck a hair. It originally refers to Yang Zhu's extreme egoism. He is very mean and selfish. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

Entry

too stingy to pull out a hair

Pinyin

yīmáobùbá

Citation explanation

I won't pluck a hair. It originally refers to Yang Zhu's extreme egoism. He is very mean and selfish. "Mencius heart up:" Yang Zi take for me, pull out a hair and benefit the world, not also In Tang Dynasty, Yu Shinan's Bei Tang Shu Chao: "Jing (KE) said:" you have despicable ambition; you feel like you want to; you don't care; you have strange feelings; you don't pull out a dime. " Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty "Water Margin" chapter 62: you rich people, you are always idle; today's Day is open, the retribution is fast! Don't be discontented, we will help you go. Chapter 41 of the scholars by Wu Jingzi of Qing Dynasty: Miss Shen, you are too old! Let's manage the mountains, eat the mountains, manage the water and draw the water, just like you. We drink from the West and the north. Chapter 5 of a brief history of civilization: Wang Mingyao is a penniless man, and he also mixes in it, eating and drinking for nothing.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: haggle over everything, haggle over everything, love money like life

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning

Idiom story

Mozi, a great thinker in the Warring States period, is the founder of Mohist school. He advocated universal love and opposed war. At the same time, there was also a philosopher named Yang Zhu who opposed Mozi's universal love, advocated valuing life and self, attached importance to the preservation of personal life, and opposed other people's invasion of himself or himself. Once, Mozi's student Qin Huali asked Yang Zhu, "if you can pull off a hair on your body, it will benefit people all over the world. Will you pull it out?" Yang Zhu answered, "people's problems can't be solved by pulling out a hair on your body!" Qin Huali said, "if you can, would you like to?" Yang Zhu kept silent. Mencius commented on Yang Zhu and Mozi: Yang Zhu advocated "for me", and he would not do it even if he pulled off a hair of his body, which would benefit all the people in the world; while Mozi advocated "universal love", which advocated loving all the people in the world. Even if he polished his head and broke his feet, he was willing as long as it was beneficial to all the people in the world. Folktale 2: in ancient times, there was a rich man who was called sixth uncle. He was very mean. He was so tired that he fell ill and nearly passed out because he exploited the poor all day. Three days later, he woke up a little, and saw that the room was full of relatives and friends who were going to die. His eldest nephew said: Sixth uncle, are there two relatives who haven't met? He shook his head. second nephew asked: is there a pen of silver that has not been explained? Or does his wife understand that when she sees two wicks burning at the same time, she picks out one. At this time, uncle Liu was slightly relieved. All of a sudden, Liu Shu, who was about to die, was close to his wife's ear and wanted to talk to her. He said: after I die, I can give the two pieces of toilet paper I left to relatives who come to pay homage. After I die, don't use the coffin to hold me. Dig a pit and bury me. After I die, don't ask monks to chant sutras. I will chant sutras myself in the yellow spring. After I die, I peel off my skin and sell it to a cobbler; I pluck off my hair and sell it to a brush maker. Don't lose one