Using your hand to pick up something that everyone else has left behind.
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捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
- 。
Don't lose the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(eaves; spacious house)RADICAL
- 林(forest; many trees)ASSOCIATIVE
An oil hemp plant with thorns is grown and dried under the eaves like a small forest.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; precious)ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(private; personal)PHONETIC
Losing a precious treasure like a king's golden throne to a selfish person.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓜(melon; gourd (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓜 depicts a melon hanging loosely from a vine.
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
Traditional撿了芝麻丟了西瓜
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
- 。
Don't lose the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(eaves; spacious house)RADICAL
- 林(forest; many trees)ASSOCIATIVE
An oil hemp plant with thorns is grown and dried under the eaves like a small forest.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; precious)ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(private; personal)PHONETIC
Losing a precious treasure like a king's golden throne to a selfish person.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓜(melon; gourd (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓜 depicts a melon hanging loosely from a vine.
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