貪小失大
tān​xiǎo​shī​dà

penny-wise and pound-foolish

  • created sense approved 贪小失大/貪小失大 · tān​xiǎo​shī​dà · penny-wise and pound-foolish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贪小失大 / 貪小失大

    tān​xiǎo​shī​dà

    penny-wise and pound-foolish

    (idiom) to lose a great deal through greed for small advantages

    贪 (literal) → 贪/貪 · tān · greedy 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