剖腹藏珠

剖腹藏珠
pōucángzhū

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)

  2. verb

    fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

    • He went to great lengths unnecessarily, wasting a lot of time.

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