尿泡虽大无斤两，秤砣虽小压千斤尿泡雖大無斤兩，秤砣雖小壓千斤尿泡雖大無斤兩，秤砣雖小壓千斤

though the bladder is big it has no weight; though the steelyard weight is small it outweighs a thousand jin

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Something big but empty is worth less than something small but substantial. Substance beats size.

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Simplified: 尿泡虽大无斤两，秤砣虽小压千斤
Traditional (Taiwan): 尿泡雖大無斤兩，秤砣雖小壓千斤
Pinyin: suīpao suī dà wú jīnliǎng, chèngtuósuīxiǎoyāqiānjīn
Bopomofo: ㄙㄨㄟ ˙ㄆㄠㄙㄨㄟㄉㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣㄌㄧㄤˇ，ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄟㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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