打小算盘
Traditional form:
打小算盤
Pinyin (reading):
dǎxiǎosuànpán
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 算 - to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
- 盘 - tray, plate, dish; to examine
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