掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat to dig through the walls of a house to find a rat; a metaphor for suffering a large loss in pursuit of a small gain or losing more than one gains Cross-References Synonym 因小失大 yīnxiǎoshīdà
掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat to dig through the walls of a house to find a rat; a metaphor for suffering a large loss in pursuit of a small gain or losing more than one gains Cross-References Synonym 因小失大 yīnxiǎoshīdà
