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撿了芝麻丟了西瓜
简 捡了芝麻丢了西瓜 · 繁 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
Meanings
- to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
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- 撿
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- 了
- le · to finish; particle of completed action
- 芝
- zhī · sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)
- 麻
- má · hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200
- 丟
- diū · discard, reject, lose
- 西
- xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
- 瓜
- guā · melon, gourd, cucumber; Kangxi radical 97
- 捡
- jiǎn · to pick up
- 丢
- diū · discard
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Mandarin tones
3–5–1–5–1–5–1–1 · jian3 le5 zhi1 ma5 diu1 le5 xi1 gua1
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