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秤砣

Mandarin · pinyin chèng tuó

steelyard weight
standard weight

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秤: chèng · balance, scale, steelyard
砣: tuó · a stone roller; a heavy stone, a weight, a plummet

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4–2 · cheng4 tuo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing3 to2 · cing3 to4

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noun

(colloquial, literal) sliding weight of a steelyard
(colloquial, figurative) person who cannot swim

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