bàn jīn bā liǎng

Traditional: 半斤八兩

半斤八两 (bàn jīn bā liǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee”.

Meanings

  1. 1not much to choose between the two
  2. 2tweedledum and tweedledee

Characters in 半斤八两

半bàn · half斤jīn · catty八bā · eight两liǎng · two

Related words

两two半half一半half八eight王八softshell turtle半夜midnight胡说八道to talk rubbish八卦the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]两者both of them; the two of them乱七八糟(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled两边either side; both sides公斤kilogram (kg)

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