What does the fable about not plucking a dime illustrate?

Not a penny is pulled out

Not a penny is pulled out (yī máo bù bá)

Explanation: Describes a person who is very stingy and selfish.

Source: "Mencius: Devoting the Heart": "Yangzi takes it for me, plucking a hair and benefiting the world, it is not for that."

Usage: subject-predicate form; used as predicate and attributive ; Contains derogatory connotations

Synonyms include care about every penny, love money as much as life

Antonym: squander money, spend money like water

Hypothetical words: fine toothbrush; boil chicken in cold water; iron rooster

Riddle Iron Rooster; the stingiest person

English be very stingy and unwilling to give a hair

Allusion

From "Mencius· With all my heart”. Mozi during the Warring States Period was a representative figure of Mohism. He opposed cruel war and advocated "universal love" and "non-offensive". At that time, Yang Zhu was opposed to Mozi, and tried his best to oppose "universal love" and advocated "for me". One day, Qin Huali, a student of Mozi, met Yang Zhu and asked unceremoniously: "Are you willing to pull out a hair on your body so that everyone in the world can benefit?" After hearing this, Yang Zhu He shook his head and said, "The world's problems cannot be solved by a hair." Qin Huali retorted, "This is just a hypothesis. If pulling out a hair of yours could bring peace to the world, would you agree?" Yang Zhu was silent after hearing this. Mencius criticized Yang Zhu for this matter: "Yang Zhu advocated 'for me'. If plucking a hair on his body would benefit the world, he would never do it; Mozi advocated 'universal love'. If it benefits the world, he would not do it even if it is beneficial to the world." Even if his head is bald and his feet are worn out, he is still willing to do it." Later, people used the phrase "nothing at all" to describe a very selfish and stingy person.

Sentence creation: Li Si is an iron rooster and is stingy.