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秤砣雖小壓千斤
简 秤砣虽小压千斤 · 繁 秤砣雖小壓千斤Mandarin · pinyin chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn
Meanings
- although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)
- apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
- for want of a nail the battle was lost
Characters in this entry
- 秤
- chèng · balance, scale, steelyard
- 砣
- tuó · a stone roller; a heavy stone, a weight, a plummet
- 雖
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- 小
- xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
- 壓
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- 千
- qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- 斤
- jīn · a catty (approximately 600 g); an axe; keen, shrewd; Kangxi radical 69
- 虽
- suī · although, even if
- 压
- yā · press; oppress; crush; pressure
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Mandarin tones
4–2–1–3–1–1–1 · cheng4 tuo2 sui1 xiao3 ya1 qian1 jin1
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cing3 to4 seoi1 siu2 aat3 cin1 gan1
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