Read Edit View history 偷鸡不着蚀把米 tōujībùzháoshíbǎmǐ to go for wool and come back shorn Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 偷鸡不着蚀把米/ 偷雞不著蝕把米 tōujībùzháoshíbǎmǐ to go for wool and come back shorn To try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; literally to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. Edit Delete References Add reference variant 偷鸡不着蚀把米/偷雞不著蝕把米 → 偷鸡不着反折一把米/偷雞不著反折一把米 Edit Delete
偷鸡不着蚀把米/ 偷雞不著蝕把米 tōujībùzháoshíbǎmǐ to go for wool and come back shorn To try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; literally to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. Edit Delete