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pinch pennies

Time: 2022-01-30 23:28:47 Author: ChinaWiki.net

pinch pennies

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NJ ī Nb ā Ili ǎ ng, which means that it is a metaphor to care too much. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The 45th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "a true clay legged bachelor is good at abacus and breaking up money."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive; it is used as metaphor to show too much care and too little spirit. Please don't divide the money, we have to be magnanimous.

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