小 算 盘

xiǎo suàn pándictionary entry

lit. small abacus / fig. selfish calculations / bean-counting

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

小算盤小算盘 [xiao3 suan4 pan2] /lit. small abacus/fig. selfish calculations/bean-counting/

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Other forms in these source records: 小算盤

小
xiǎo
small / tiny / few / young
算
suàn
to calculate / to figure out / to include / to count in / to count / to be valid / to carry weight / to regard as / to consider (to be ...)
盘
pán
tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)

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