lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom); fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once; cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
trad. 顧此失彼
Also written 顧此失彼【gù cǐ shī bǐ】
Characters in this word
4顾
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surname Gu
- Pinyin
- Gù
- Traditional
- 顧
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 22654 of 2500
此
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this; these
- Pinyin
- cǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1017 of 2500
失
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to lose, to miss, to fail
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7657 of 2500
彼
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that, those, (one) another
- Pinyin
- bǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21417 of 2500