因小失大
yīn​xiǎo​shī​dà

penny wise and pound foolish

  • created sense approved 因小失大 · yīn​xiǎo​shī​dà · penny wise and pound foolish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因小失大

    yīn​xiǎo​shī​dà

    penny wise and pound foolish

    to save a little only to lose a lot; to sacrifice large gains for minor ones or lose a major opportunity by focusing on small matters

    因 (literal) → 因 · yīn · because of 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big

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

    created sense