méi​yǒu​tuó​de​chèng

a scale without a weight

Senses

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

References

same_as 没有砣的秤/沒有砣的秤 不知轻重/不知輕重