Read Edit View history 掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat to dig through the walls of a house to find a rat; a metaphor for suffering a large loss in pursuit of a small gain or losing more than one gains Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 掘室求鼠/掘室求鼠 → 因小失大/因小失大 Edit Delete
掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ to dig through a house to catch a rat to dig through the walls of a house to find a rat; a metaphor for suffering a large loss in pursuit of a small gain or losing more than one gains Edit Delete