to haggle over every ounce (idiom); to to fuss over minor points; to be particular about sth
trad. 爭斤論兩
Also written 爭斤論兩【zhēng jīn lùn liǎng】
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4争
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to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Traditional
- 爭
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13204 of 2500
斤
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catty, (PRC) weight equal to 500 g, (Tw) weight equal to 600 g, (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
- Pinyin
- jīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 31498 of 2500
论
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abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)
- Pinyin
- Lún
- Traditional
- 論
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 16222 of 2500
两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500