得匣還珠
dé​xiá​huán​zhū

to focus on the wrong thing

  • created reference approved 得匣还珠/得匣還珠 → 买椟还珠/買櫝還珠 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得匣还珠 / 得匣還珠 dé​xiá​huán​zhū

    买椟还珠 / 買櫝還珠 mǎi​dú​huán​zhū

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 得匣还珠/得匣還珠 · dé​xiá​huán​zhū · to focus on the wrong thing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得匣还珠 / 得匣還珠

    dé​xiá​huán​zhū

    to focus on the wrong thing

    To place emphasis on the unimportant and give up the valuable; to misdirect one's attention.

    得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 匣 (literal) → 匣 · xiá · box 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to return 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl

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

    created sense