抠门儿 (摳門兒)
kōu mén r5
Pinyin

Definition

抠门儿 (摳門兒)
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kōu mén r5
  1. (dialect) stingy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一会儿
yī huì r
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 now...now...
  5. 5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]
事儿
shì r
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant: 事 shì
  8. 8 classifier: 件 jiàn
  9. 9 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
人儿
rén r
  1. 1 figurine
今儿
jīn r
  1. 1 (coll.) today
儿
ér
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 son

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family

Sample Sentences

咳，我真不知道该怎么说你。你有这个实力买新车，干吗非要去买二手车？多没面子。你这么抠门儿，怪不得娶不到媳妇儿。
hài ，wǒ zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme shuō nǐ 。nǐ yǒu zhè ge shílì mǎi xīn chē ，gànmá fēiyào qù mǎi èrshǒu chē ？duō méi miànzi 。nǐ zhème kōuménr ，guàibude qǔbudǎo xífur 。
Agh, I really don't know how to get through to you. You have the means to buy a car, yet you absolutely have to buy a used one? You have no shame. You're so stingy, no wonder you can't find a wife.
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