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漏脯充饥

lòu fǔ chōng jī

4-character word Traditional 漏脯充飢

What 漏脯充饥 means

1. (lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom)
2. (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted

The characters in 漏脯充饥

• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 饥jī(bound form) hungry