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Here is the Chinese idiom 「鼠目寸光」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Describes being short-sighted and lacking foresight.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shǔ mù cùn guāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syu2 muk6 chyun3 gwong1

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