小气鬼 (小氣鬼)
xiǎo qì guǐ
Pinyin
Definition
小气鬼 (小氣鬼)
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- miser
- penny-pincher
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
五鬼闹判
- 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
Sample Sentences
小气鬼
cheapskate
哎呀,我不是怕给中国人丢脸吗?我可不想被别人骂成是小气鬼。
Jeez, but shouldn't I be afraid of making Chinese people look bad? I definitely don't want other people to call us cheapskates.
小气鬼!
Cheapskate!