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顾此失彼
gù cǐ shī bǐ
What 顾此失彼 means
- lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
- fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
- cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
The characters in 顾此失彼
- 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 此cǐthis; these
- 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
- 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
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