weigh up one thing against another

weigh up one thing against another

Weighing the weight, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qu á NH é ngq ī ngzhॸng, meaning to compare the size of gain and loss. It comes from Huainanzi · Tai nationality training.

Analysis of Idioms

Weighing the pros and cons

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate and object; it can be used to compare the primary and secondary gains and losses of things; it can be used as examples; it can weigh the weight of things; it can be used to weigh the ancient and modern times; it can be used to be strong if it is harmonious; it can be used to be classic if it is beautiful; it can be used as a chapter of five colors; it can be used as a complex meeting of eight tones. On the biography of Wang Bao and Yu Xin in the book of Zhou

The origin of Idioms

"If you want to know the weight, you will be happy if you give it a balance." Chuang Tzu's box: "weigh it and call it."