以蚓投魚
yǐ​yǐn​tóu​yú

to use a small sacrifice for a large gain

  • created reference approved 以蚓投鱼/以蚓投魚 → 抛砖引玉/拋磚引玉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以蚓投鱼 / 以蚓投魚 yǐ​yǐn​tóu​yú

    抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉 pāo​zhuān​yǐn​yù

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以蚓投鱼/以蚓投魚 · yǐ​yǐn​tóu​yú · to use a small sacrifice for a large gain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以蚓投鱼 / 以蚓投魚

    yǐ​yǐn​tóu​yú

    to use a small sacrifice for a large gain

    To use an earthworm as bait to catch a fish; used to describe offering something small or of little value to obtain something much more valuable.

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 蚓 (literal) → 蚓 · yǐn · earthworm 投 (literal) → 投 · tóu · to throw 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense