to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
trad. 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜
Also written 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜【jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā】
Characters in this word
7捡
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to pick up; to collect; to gather
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Traditional
- 撿
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4274 of 2500
了
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(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- Pinyin
- le
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4 of 2500
芝
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Zoysia pungens
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 6
麻
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hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])
- Pinyin
- má
- Traditional
- 蔴
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 14175 of 2500
丢
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to lose, to put aside, to throw
- Pinyin
- diū
- Traditional
- 丟
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1039 of 2500
西
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the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2], Spanish
- Pinyin
- Xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2156 of 2500
瓜
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
melon; gourd; squash, (slang) a piece of gossip
- Pinyin
- guā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 13003 of 2500