created reference approved 数米而炊/數米而炊 → 锱铢必较/錙銖必較 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
数米而炊 / 數米而炊 shǔmǐ'érchuī
锱铢必较 / 錙銖必較 zīzhūbìjiào
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 数米而炊/數米而炊 → 斤斤计较/斤斤計較 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
数米而炊 / 數米而炊 shǔmǐ'érchuī
斤斤计较 / 斤斤計較 jīnjīnjìjiào
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 数米而炊/數米而炊 · shǔmǐ'érchuī · to count grains of rice before cooking — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
数米而炊 / 數米而炊
shǔmǐ'érchuī
to count grains of rice before cooking
to fuss over petty details or perform tedious, pointless busywork
数 (literal) → 数/數 · shǔ · to count 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 炊 (literal) → 炊 · chuī · to cook
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 数米而炊/數米而炊 · shǔmǐ'érchuī · miserly; impoverished — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
数米而炊 / 數米而炊
shǔmǐ'érchuī
miserly; impoverished
to be extremely stingy or to live in such dire poverty that one must account for every grain of rice
数 (literal) → 数/數 · shǔ · to count 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 炊 (literal) → 炊 · chuī · to cook
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition