没星秤

沒星秤

méixīngchèng

idiom

Meanings

1 someone with no sense of proportion
2 one who cannot judge the weight of things

Characters

star; mark on a scale

steelyard; balance

Examples

他这人简直是个没星秤，说话办事不知轻重。

Tā zhè rén jiǎnzhí shì ge méixīngchèng, shuōhuà bànshì bù zhī qīngzhòng.

He's a complete no-marks scale; he has no sense of proportion in what he says or does.

别像没星秤一样乱开玩笑，场合不对。

Bié xiàng méixīngchèng yíyàng luàn kāi wánxiào, chǎnghé bú duì.

Don't joke around like someone with no sense of proportion; the setting isn't right for it.

Tips

memory

A traditional steelyard has notches (星) that mark the weight. A scale 没星 has no markings, so it can't tell light from heavy: a perfect metaphor for someone with no sense of what matters.

Stroke Order

没 méi

星 xīng

秤 chèng