举重比赛，斤斤计较舉重比賽，斤斤計較舉重比賽，斤斤計較

a weightlifting contest: haggling over every jin

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks someone who is petty and haggles over trivial gains.
Wordplay: 斤斤计较 (jīnjīn jìjiào) means to haggle over trifles, and it also plays on 斤 (jīn), the weight unit by which lifting is scored.

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Simplified: 举重比赛，斤斤计较
Traditional (Taiwan): 舉重比賽，斤斤計較
Pinyin: jǔzhòng bǐsài, jīnjīnjìjiào
Bopomofo: ㄐㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄞˋ，ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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