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贪小
tān​xiǎo

greedy for small gains

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
贪小 貪小 tān//xiǎo
greedy for small gains
To covet small profits or minor advantages; often used in the context of losing much more in the long run.

Frequency

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0.139 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)