贪小失大

tān xiǎo shī dà

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Definitions

  1. 1. penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)

Child Words of 贪小失大

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

小
xiǎo

small

贪
tān

to have a voracious desire for

失
shī

to lose