剖腹藏珠

fau2 fuk1 cong4 zyu1

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) · fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

Meanings

  1. lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
  2. fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

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