tael (a unit of weight, equal to 1/16 of catty or about 31 gm)

liang (a unit of weight, equal to 1/10 of jin or 50 gm)

six of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Tweedledee. | Lit. "Half a Catty or Eight Taels", which is the same amount (in old China, 1 catty = 16 taels = 600+g; in today's People's Republic, 1 catty = 500g = 10 taels). | Note: Some publications make a distinction betw. 両 (tael) and 兩 (two). Some publications don't.

equality/getting fair returns on efforts put in (old slang)

silver used as currency

ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions; the importance attributed to something; the weight [written and colloquial]