sì liǎng bō qiān jīn

Traditional: 四兩撥千斤

四两拨千斤 (sì liǎng bō qiān jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to achieve much with little effort

Characters in 四两拨千斤

四sì · four两liǎng · two拨bō · to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc千qiān · thousand斤jīn · catty

Related words

两two四four千万ten million千thousand千used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]拨to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc四处all over the place两者both of them; the two of them四周all around成千上万lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)周四Thursday几千several thousand

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