剖腹藏珠

pōu fù cáng zhū

Dictionary entry

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)

What does 剖腹藏珠 mean?

剖腹藏珠 (pōu fù cáng zhū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)

2fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

Character breakdown

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剖pōuto cut open · to analyze 腹fùabdomen · stomach 藏ZàngTibetan ethnic group · Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])珠zhūbead · pearl

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