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剖腹藏珠
Mandarin · pinyin pōu fù cáng zhū
Meanings
- lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
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1–4–2–1 · pou1 fu4 cang2 zhu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fau2 fuk1 cong4 zyu1
Cantonese word readings for 剖腹藏珠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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fau2 fuk1 cong4 zyu1
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