Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「掂斤估兩」 and how it’s used.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「掂斤估兩」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It’s like weighing and measuring.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diān jīn gū liǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dim6/dim3 gan1 gu2 leung5
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
