没星秤

沒星秤
méixīngchèng
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Bié xiàng méixīngchèng yíyàng luàn kāiwánxiào, chǎnghé búduì.
Don't joke around like someone with no sense of proportion; the setting isn't right for it.
HSK 7-9
Tā zhè rén jiǎnzhí shì ge méixīngchèng, shuōhuà bànshì bùzhī qīngzhòng.
He's a complete no-marks scale; he has no sense of proportion in what he says or does.

Tips

memory
A traditional steelyard has notches () 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

méi
xīng
chèng