顾此失彼 (顧此失彼)
gù cǐ shī bǐ
Pinyin

Definition

顾此失彼 (顧此失彼)
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gù cǐ shī bǐ
  1. lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
  2. fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
  3. cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
失败
shī bài
  1. 1 to be defeated
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4 failure
  5. 5 defeat
  6. 6 classifier: 次 cì
失望
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
如此
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. 2 to share everything
  3. 3 to be on very intimate terms
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)