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
trad. 秤砣雖小壓千斤
Also written 秤砣雖小壓千斤【chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn】
Characters in this word
7秤
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to weigh (variant of 稱|称[cheng1])
- Pinyin
- chēng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 21189 of 2500
砣
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steelyard weight, stone roller, to polish jade with an emery wheel
- Pinyin
- tuó
- Strokes
- 10
虽
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although, even though
- Pinyin
- suī
- Traditional
- 雖
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 7998 of 2500
小
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small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
压
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to press, to push down, to keep under (control), pressure
- Pinyin
- yā
- Traditional
- 壓
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8196 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