錙銖必較 zī zhū bì jiào

to haggle over every cent (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to haggle over every cent (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
錙 zī
ancient weight; one-eighth of a tael
銖 zhū
twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
較 jiào
(before adj.) relatively; compared to; comparatively