Lingaku- lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
Generated definitions (experimental)
- wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
This idiom is used to describe situations where someone puts in a significant amount of effort into something that does not yield meaningful results or is not worth the effort.
He has been busy for several days over this trivial matter, it really is wasting effort on trivialities.
bù yào不要wèi le为了xiǎo shì小事ér而pōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠，jí zhōng集中zhù yì lì注意力zài在zhòng yào重要de的shì qing事情shǎng上。
Don't waste effort on trivialities; focus on the important matters.
Generated collocations (experimental)
pōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠to waste a lot of effort on trivialitiespōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠de的xíng wéi行为the behavior of wasting effort on trivial thingswéi为pōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠ér而nǔ lì努力to strive for trivial matterspōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠de的zuò fǎ做法the practice of putting effort into inconsequential taskspōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠zhí de值得má吗is it worth the trouble to focus on trivialities?bì miǎn避免pōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠to avoid wasting effort on unimportant thingspōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠de的lì zi例子examples of wasting effort on trivialitiesbù不zuò做pōu fù cáng zhū剖腹藏珠de的shì qing事情not to engage in trivial pursuits