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顾此失彼

gù cǐ shī bǐ

4-character word Traditional 顧此失彼

What 顾此失彼 means

1. lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
2. fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
3. 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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