顾此失彼
gù​cǐ​shī​bǐ

to have too much to handle

  • created sense approved 顾此失彼/顧此失彼 · gù​cǐ​shī​bǐ · to have too much to handle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顾此失彼 / 顧此失彼

    gù​cǐ​shī​bǐ

    to have too much to handle

    To attend to one thing and lose sight of another; to be unable to manage two or more things at once or pay attention to one thing without neglecting another

    顾 (literal) → 顾/顧 · gù · to look after 此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · this 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to miss 彼 (literal) → 彼 · bǐ · that

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

    created sense