一毛不拔

yìmáo-bùbá

(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom); (fig.) extremely stingy

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他小气得一毛不拔。

He is so stingy he won't give a hair.

一毛不拔的人有朋友吗?

Does a stingy person have friends?