撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜

Chinese

pick up; collect; gather
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
 
 to lose; to put aside; to throw
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
 
 western melon; watermelon
trad. (撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜) 撿 了 芝麻 ， 丟 了 西瓜
simp. (捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜) 捡 了 芝麻 ， 丢 了 西瓜

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎnle zhīma, diūle xīguā
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ , ㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnle zhīma, diūle xīguā
      • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ , ㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnle̊ jhihmå, dioule̊ sigua
      • Wade–Giles: chien3-lê5 chih1-ma5, tiu1-lê5 hsi1-kua1
      • Yale: jyǎn-le jr̄-ma-, dyōu-le syī-gwā
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean.le jy.ma, diou.le shigua
      • Palladius: цзяньлэ чжима, дюлэ сигуа (czjanʹlɛ čžima, djulɛ sigua)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴ lə⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lə² ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

Idiom

撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜

  1. to try to gain a little only to lose a lot

Synonyms

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