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剖腹藏珠
pōu fù cáng zhū
What 剖腹藏珠 means
- lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
The characters in 剖腹藏珠
- 剖pōuto cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. pǒu
- 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
- 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor
- 珠zhūbead; pearl
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