剖腹藏珠
剖腹藏珠
pōu fù cáng zhū
lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom); fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
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- (idiom) lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
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Related Words
一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→五刑(wǔ xíng)— imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
→克丝钳子(kè sī qián zi)— wire cutting pincers
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