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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- not much to choose between the two
- tweedledum and tweedledee
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
- 1 misshapen
- 2 crooked
- 3 uneven (idiom)