小里小气

小裡小氣
xiǎolixiǎoqì
  1. stingy
  2. petty

CEDICT

形容人吝啬或举止不大方，缺乏大家气派。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
=2 里 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 zhèn and neighborhood 邻 lín levels
3 小气 xiǎoqì
  1. stingy
  2. miserly
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty

Related entries

吝 lìn (bound form) stingy
啬 sè stingy
小气 xiǎoqì
  1. stingy
  2. miserly
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty
他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。

He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

Source: Tatoeba

悭 qiān stingy
抠门 kōumén (dialect) stingy
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