爱财如命 (ài cái rú mìng) | Meaning: lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to haggle over every cent (idiom)锱铢必较zī zhū bì jiào

(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching一钱如命yī qián rú mìng

(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) · (fig.) extremely stingy一毛不拔yī máo bù bá

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain · money-grubbing见钱眼开jiàn qián yǎn kāi

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) · fig. avaricious · tightfisted