沒有砣的秤
méi​yǒu​tuó​de​chèng

a scale without a weight

  • created reference approved 没有砣的秤/沒有砣的秤 → 不知轻重/不知輕重 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    没有砣的秤 / 沒有砣的秤 méi​yǒu​tuó​de​chèng

    不知轻重 / 不知輕重 bù​zhī​qīng​zhòng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 没有砣的秤/沒有砣的秤 · méi​yǒu​tuó​de​chèng · a scale without a weight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    没有砣的秤 / 沒有砣的秤

    méi​yǒu​tuó​de​chèng

    a scale without a weight

    (xiehouyu) lacking a sense of propriety or judgment; literally a steelyard scale without its counterweight cannot determine weight, used to describe someone who does not know the relative importance of things or lacks tact

    没有 (literal) → 没有/沒有 · méi​yǒu · to not have 砣 (literal) → 砣 · tuó · steelyard weight 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 秤 (literal) → 秤 · chèng · steelyard scale

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

    created sense