锱铢必较 — Chinese idiom
锱铢必较
zī zhū bì jiào
Traditional: 錙銖必較
Meaning
- to haggle over every cent
Character by character
- 锱zīhalf-pound; an ancient unit of weight
- 铢zhūa unit of weight, about 1 gram
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 较jiàoto compare; relatively; more
Idioms sharing a character
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
- 物极必反 wù jí bì fǎn
- 睚眦必报 yá zì bì bào
- 自不必说 zì bù bì shuō
- 言多必失 yán duō bì shī
- 骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài
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