剖腹藏珠
Traditional form:
剖腹藏珠
Pinyin (reading):
pōufùcángzhū
Definitions:
- lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
Characters:
- 剖 - to bisect, to dissect, to slice
- 腹 - stomach, belly, abdomen; inside
- 藏 - to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 珠 - gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
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