字 Chinese Character Wiki Wiki
Log in
  • Home
  • Search
  • Articles
  • Lists
  • Recent Changes
  • My Edits
  • Character Builder
Preferences
Theme
Characters
Phonetic
  • Dong Chinese
Read Edit View history
小学而大遗
xiǎo​xué'ér​dà​yí

to focus on the trivial and ignore the main point

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
小学而大遗 小學而大遺 xiǎo​xué'ér​dà​yí
to focus on the trivial and ignore the main point
(idiom) to concentrate on small details while neglecting the primary problem; focusing on trifles while losing sight of the big picture
CC BY-SA 4.0 Data licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0