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半斤八兩
  bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2   jyutping
  ban4 jin1 ba1 liang3   pinyin
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Idiom

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 150,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
半斤八兩 / 半斤八两

This word has been viewed 1277 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 19th Mar 2018 13:26
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Characters in this word:

 bun3  -  half
 gan1  -  catty
 baat3  -  eight
 loeng5 loeng2  -  two; pair

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2   = six of one and half of a dozen of the other

*!*!* This entry has been marked as INCOMPLETE by an editor, so it is not fully accurate *!*!*


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