半斤八两 (半斤八兩)
bàn jīn bā liǎng
Pinyin

Definition

半斤八两 (半斤八兩)
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bàn jīn bā liǎng
  1. not much to choose between the two
  2. tweedledum and tweedledee

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī bàn
  1. 1 half
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)