Small minded and ambitious
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī nxi ǎ ozh ì D à, which means to be careful and ambitious. From Huainanzi zhushuxun.
The origin of Idioms
Huainanzi · zhushuxun: "in the view of ordinary people, the heart wants small but the ambition wants big, the wisdom wants round but the action wants square, the ability wants many but the thing wants fresh."
Idiom usage
It refers to people's ambition.
Chinese PinYin : xīn xiǎo zhì dà
Small minded and ambitious
A net of fish makes a net of fish. yú wǎng hóng lí
Cut the clam and get the Pearl. pōu bàng dé zhū
spectators stood round like a wall. guān zhě chéng dǔ
write quickly but stray from the theme. xià bǐ qiān yán,lí tí wàn lǐ
There are roots and seedlings. yǒu gēn yǒu miáo