錙銖必較錙銖較量；錙銖必計zī zhū bì jiàobe stingy; count cents and pennies miserly; dispute over every detail; fight over the smallest trifles;haggle (/quibble)over every penny
? 寶玉笑道：“論交道，不在 ‘肥馬輕裘’，即 ‘黃金白壁’，亦不當(dāng) ‘錙銖較量’ ……” (《紅樓夢》1037) “Among friends one shouldn’t be stingy even with gold and jade,to say nothing of horses and furs，” he agreed. 錙銖必較dispute over every minute detail;haggle over every penny
何必～？Why quibble over these trifles? 錙銖必較zī zhū bì jiào錙、銖：古代的重量單位。對很少的錢或很小的事情也都要計較。形容斤斤計較，十分吝嗇。dispute over every detail, haggle over every penny |