七折八扣 — Chinese idiom
七折八扣
qī zhé bā kòu
Meaning
- lit. various cuts and deductions
- fig. greatly reduced
- substantially scaled back
Character by character
- 七qīseven
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humbl
- 八bāeight; all around, all sides
- 扣kòuto detain; to knock, to tap; button
Idioms sharing a character
- 七弯八拐 qī wān bā guǎi
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 七零八落 qī líng bā luò
- 乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo
- 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā
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