打小算盘
dǎ​xiǎo​suàn​pán

to be petty and scheming

  • created sense approved 打小算盘/打小算盤 · dǎ​xiǎo​suàn​pán · to be petty and scheming — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打小算盘 / 打小算盤

    dǎ​xiǎo​suàn​pán

    to be petty and scheming

    literally: to count on a small abacus; metaphorically: to be concerned only with one's own narrow interests or petty gains; to be selfishly shrewd without regard for the bigger picture

    打, 小算盘

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to mark; to apply 小算盘 (literal) → 小算盘/小算盤 · xiǎo​suàn​pán · petty calculations

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

    created sense