打小算盘 (打小算盤)
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
Pinyin

Definition

打小算盘 (打小算盤)
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dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
  1. lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
  2. concerned with petty interests
  3. selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
  4. bean counter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)