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Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "B à ns à B à NL à", which means "half a thread, half a thread"; it is used to describe things with small quantity and extremely small value. It's from the maxim of running a family.

Idiom explanation

Thread: line.

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Bailu's maxim of running a family in Qing Dynasty: "one porridge and one meal, it's not easy to think about it; half a thread, it's hard to think about material resources."

Idiom usage

It is used as an object or attribute to describe something of low value. example we should take care of the family.