Characters

• 半 (半): half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
• 斤 (斤): catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
• 八 (八): eight; 8
• 两 (兩): two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

Resources

• Wiktionary: 半斤八两
• MDBG: 半斤八两
• Examples with 半斤八两 on Tatoeba

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