天平
tiānpíng
balance; scales
Characters in this word
平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 实验室的天平必须定期校准，否则微小误差会影响整组数据。 Shíyànshì de tiānpíng bìxū dìngqī jiàozhǔn, fǒuzé wēixiǎo wùchā huì yǐngxiǎng zhěng zǔ shùjù. The laboratory balance must be calibrated regularly, otherwise tiny errors will affect the entire set of data.
- 用天平称一克糖，要非常小心才行。 Yòng tiānpíng chēng yī kè táng, yào fēicháng xiǎoxīn cái xíng. Weighing one gram of sugar on the balance requires great care.
- 在谈判中，双方心里都有一架天平，衡量利弊。 Zài tánpàn zhōng, shuāngfāng xīnlǐ dōu yǒu yī jià tiānpíng, héngliáng lìbì. In the negotiation, each side has a set of scales in its heart, weighing pros and cons.