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打小算盘

dǎ xiǎo suàn pán

4-character word Traditional 打小算盤

What 打小算盘 means

1. lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
2. concerned with petty interests
3. selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
4. bean counter

The characters in 打小算盘

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk