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投鼠忌器【tóu shǔ jì qì】

lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents

投鼠忌器【tóu shǔ jì qì】

lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents

投

HSK 42

含义throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump

拼音tóu

鼠

HSK 51

含义rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208

拼音shǔ

忌

HSK 7-96

含义jealous, envious; fear

拼音jì

器

HSK 34

含义receptacle, vessel; instrument

拼音qì