仨瓜俩枣 / 仨瓜倆棗

sā​guā​liǎ​zǎo

a pittance

literally "three melons and two dates"; refers to a tiny amount of money or something small and insignificant not worth mentioning

仨 (literal) → 仨 · sā · three 瓜 (literal) → 瓜 · guā · melon 俩 (literal) → 俩/倆 · liǎ · some 枣 (literal) → 枣/棗 · zǎo · jujube

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM