Word
HSK | Not in HSK |
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FREQUENCY | Unknown |
撿了芝麻丟了西瓜 jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
DEFINITIONS
- to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
CHARACTERS
撿 jiǎn | to pick up |
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 ma | hemp, jute, flax; sesame |
丟 diū | discard, reject, lose |
了 le | to finish; particle of completed action |
西 xī | west(ern); westward, occident |
瓜 guā | melon, gourd, cucumber; rad. 97 |