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捡了芝麻丢了西瓜【jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā】

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜【jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā】

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

捡

HSK 6

含义to pick up

拼音jiǎn

了

HSK 11

含义to finish; particle of completed action

拼音le

芝

HSK 7-9

含义sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)

拼音zhī

麻

HSK 32

含义hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200

拼音má

丢

HSK 5

含义discard

拼音diū

西

HSK 11

含义west(ern); westward, occident; Kangxi radical 146

拼音xī

瓜

HSK 41

含义melon, gourd, cucumber; Kangxi radical 97

拼音guā