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偷鸡不成蚀把米

tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ

Definitions

  • •lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  • •fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  • •to go for wool and come back shorn

Child Words of 偷鸡不成蚀把米

蚀
shí
把
bǎ
不
bù
鸡
jī
成
chéng
米
mǐ
把
bà
不成
bù chéng
偷
tōu