四两拨千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
Pinyin

Definition

四两拨千斤
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sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
  1. lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. fig. to achieve much with little effort

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

千
qiān
  1. 1 thousand
千万
qiān wàn
  1. 1 ten million
  2. 2 countless
  3. 3 many
  4. 4 one must by all means
四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
斤
jīn
  1. 1 catty
  2. 2 (PRC) weight equal to 500 g
  3. 3 (Tw) weight equal to 600 g
  4. 4 (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
公斤
gōng jīn
  1. 1 kilogram (kg)
十四
shí sì
  1. 1 fourteen
  2. 2 14
千亿
qiān yì
  1. 1 myriads
  2. 2 hundred billion
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古
qiān gǔ
  1. 1 for all eternity
  2. 2 throughout all ages
千年
qiān nián
  1. 1 millennium
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
千金
qiān jīn
  1. 1 thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold
  2. 2 money and riches
  3. 3 (honorific) invaluable (support)
  4. 4 (honorific) daughter
四分之一
sì fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one-quarter
四十
sì shí
  1. 1 forty
  2. 2 40
四周
sì zhōu
  1. 1 all around
四季
sì jì
  1. 1 four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
四射
sì shè
  1. 1 to radiate all around
四川
Sì chuān
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
千依百顺
qiān yī bǎi shùn
  1. 1 totally submissive (idiom)
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
千家万户
qiān jiā wàn hù
  1. 1 every family (idiom)
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all

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