Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「貪小失大」 today with this free Chinese resource.
Introducing the idiom 「貪小失大」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Because of greed for small gains, we lose big benefits. A metaphor for seeking immediate benefits without considering long-term interests.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tān xiǎo shī dà
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
taam1 siu2 sat1 daai6
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