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锱铢必较

zī zhū bì jiào

4-character word Traditional 錙銖必較

What 锱铢必较 means

1. to haggle over every cent (idiom)

The characters in 锱铢必较

• 锱zīancient weight; one-eighth of a tael
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to

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