zī zhū bì jiào

Traditional: 錙銖必較

锱铢必较 (zī zhū bì jiào) is a Chinese word meaning “to haggle over every cent (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to haggle over every cent (idiom)

Characters in 锱铢必较

锱zī · ancient weight铢zhū · twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)必bì · certainly较jiào · (bound form) to compare

Related words

必须to have to必要necessary比较to compare不必need not必certainly较(bound form) to compare必需to need何必there is no need必然inevitable较量to pit oneself against sb未必not necessarily必定to be bound to; to be sure to

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