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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- lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
- concerned with petty interests
- selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
- bean counter
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一炮打响
- 1 to win instant success (idiom)
- 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)