Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「半斤八兩」 for better learning.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「半斤八兩」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Eight liang: that is, half a catty. One weighs half a catty, and the other weighs eight ounces. A metaphor for being the same as each other and being equally good.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bàn jīn bā liǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bun3 gan1 baat3 leung5
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