精打细算

Pinyin
jīngdǎxìsuàn
English
pinch pennies
HSK level
HSK 6

精打细算 is pronounced jīngdǎxìsuàn and means “pinch pennies”. It is one of the words in the HSK 6 vocabulary, a level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s standardised Chinese proficiency test. Recognising a word on a page and recalling it when you need it are different skills, and only the second survives a conversation — which is why LexiTrail shows you 精打细算 again just before you would have forgotten it, rather than on a fixed schedule.

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