惜指失掌
xī​zhǐ​shī​zhǎng

penny-wise and pound-foolish

  • created reference approved 惜指失掌 → 因小失大 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惜指失掌 xī​zhǐ​shī​zhǎng

    因小失大 yīn​xiǎo​shī​dà

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惜指失掌 · xī​zhǐ​shī​zhǎng · penny-wise and pound-foolish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惜指失掌

    xī​zhǐ​shī​zhǎng

    penny-wise and pound-foolish

    to lose a whole hand trying to save a single finger; to suffer a major loss for the sake of something minor

    xí​zhǐ​shī​zhǎng

    惜 (literal) → 惜 · xī · to begrudge 指 (literal) → 指 · zhǐ · finger 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose 掌 (literal) → 掌 · zhǎng · palm

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

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