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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「權衡利弊」, detailing its meaning and use.

Today, we explore the idiom 「權衡利弊」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Quan: weighing weight. Heng: weighing rod. Weigh: compare, measure. Compare which one is beneficial and which one is harmful.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

quán héng lì bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kyun4 hang4 lei6 bai6

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