大秤小斗 — “To cheat customers by using dishonest weights and measures”
大秤小斗 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cheat customers by using dishonest weights and measures”. To exploit through fraudulent trade practices. Literally, “big scale, small measure”.
大秤小斗 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 大秤小斗 mean?
大秤小斗 (dà chèng xiǎo dòu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cheat customers by using dishonest weights and measures”.
How do you pronounce 大秤小斗?
大秤小斗 is pronounced dà chèng xiǎo dòu in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 大秤小斗 literally mean?
Literally, 大秤小斗 means “big scale, small measure”. It is used to mean “to cheat customers by using dishonest weights and measures”.
What is the Chinese definition of 大秤小斗?
秤：称重的器皿。使用超出标准的秤进，小于标准的斗出，进行盘剥克扣