Read Edit View history 偷鸡不成蚀把米 tōujībùchéngshíbǎmǐ backfire Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 偷鸡不成蚀把米 (偷雞不成蝕把米) tōujībùchéngshíbǎmǐ backfire to try to gain an advantage only to end up suffering a loss instead; to go for wool and come back shorn Frequency Written text 0.087 per million Cross-References Referenced by 偷鸡不着蚀把米 tōujībùzháoshíbǎmǐ Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
偷鸡不成蚀把米 (偷雞不成蝕把米) tōujībùchéngshíbǎmǐ backfire to try to gain an advantage only to end up suffering a loss instead; to go for wool and come back shorn Frequency Written text 0.087 per million Cross-References Referenced by 偷鸡不着蚀把米 tōujībùzháoshíbǎmǐ Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)