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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	秤	秤	chèng	cheng4	steelyard; Roman balance; Classifiers: 台
2	磅秤	磅秤	bàng chèng	bang4 cheng4	scale; platform balance
3	秤锤	秤錘	chèng chuí	cheng4 chui2	steelyard weights
4	秤杆	秤桿	chèng gǎn	cheng4 gan3	the beam of a steelyard; a balance arm
5	秤钩	秤鉤	chèng gōu	cheng4 gou1	steelyard hook
6	秤盘	秤槃	chèng pán	cheng4 pan2	the tray or pan of a steelyard
7	秤坨	秤坨	chèng tuó	cheng4 tuo2	steelyard weight; standard weight; variant of 秤砣
8	秤砣虽小压千斤	秤砣雖小壓千斤	chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn	cheng4 tuo2 sui1 xiao3 ya1 qian1 jin1	although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom); apparently insignificant details can have a large impact; for want of a nail the battle was lost
9	掉秤	掉秤	diào chèng	diao4 cheng4	to lose weight (of cattle)
10	杆秤	桿秤	gǎn chèng	gan3 cheng4	a steelyard (a type of balance)
11	盘秤	盤秤	pán chèng	pan2 cheng4	balance consisting of steelyard with a pan; Classifiers: 台
12	折秤	折秤	shé chèng	she2 cheng4	discrepancy in weight
13	弹簧秤	彈簧秤	tán huáng chèng	tan2 huang2 cheng4	spring balance
14	天秤	天秤	tiān chèng	tian1 cheng4	balance scale; Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2]
15	天秤座	天秤座	tiān chèng zuò	Tian1 cheng4 zuo4	Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)