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便士 biàn shì (loanword) pence / penny
功亏一篑 gōng kuī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent
贪小失大 tān xiǎo shī penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
本士 běn shì (loanword) pence / penny
不名一文 míng wén without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
一钱不值 qián zhí not worth a penny; utterly worthless
一介不取 jiè to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
一钱如命 qián mìng stingy; penny-pinching
分钱 fēn qián cent / penny
一不做,二不休 zuò , èr xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
子儿 zǐr (coll.) penny / buck
吝啬鬼 lìn guǐ miser; penny-pincher
仙股 xiān penny stocks
小气鬼 xiǎo guǐ miser / penny-pincher
涓滴归公 juān guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
老抠 lǎo kōu penny-pincher; miser
辨士 biàn shì (loanword) pence; penny


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