锱铢必较 zī zhū bì jiào

to haggle over every cent (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 68095th word

Definitions

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

Characters

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