(lit.) four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); (fig.) to achieve much with little effort
trad. 四兩撥千斤
Also written 四兩撥千斤【sì liǎng bō qiān jīn】
Characters in this word
5四
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four, 4
- Pinyin
- sì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1754 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
拨
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to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc, to dial, to allocate, to set aside (money), to poke (the fire), to pluck (a string instrument), to turn round, classifier: group, batch
- Pinyin
- bō
- Traditional
- 撥
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8674 of 2500
千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 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