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🗣 chirnthaau 🗣 (u: chixn'thaau ⬆︎ ) 秤頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] tshìn-thâu [#]

1. (N) weight; (fig.) importance || 斤兩。比喻所稱得的重量。

🗣le: (u: Sefng'lie'laang chixn'thaau aix u'kaux, sefng'lie ciaq zøx e kuo.) 🗣 (生理人秤頭愛有夠，生理才做會久。) (生意人做生意斤兩要足夠，生意才能做得久。)

🗣 hor-chirnthaau 🗣 (u: hor-chixn'thaau ⬆︎ ) 唬秤頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] hóo-tshìn-thâu [#]

1. (V) to skimp weight. refers to doing business "skimping on catty and stinting on tael". to benefit at customer expense; to take unfair advantage of customer || 偷斤兩。指做生意偷斤減兩，占顧客便宜。

🗣le: (u: U ee sefng'lie'laang zøx'sefng'lie e hor'chixn'thaau, sor'ie bea mih'kvia aix sex'ji.) 🗣 (有的生理人做生理會唬秤頭，所以買物件愛細膩。) (有的生意人做生意會偷斤減兩，所以買東西要小心謹慎。)
近義：

ciaqchirnthaau, 食秤頭

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Taiwanese Dictionaries — Sources

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