Helping the turtle and losing the turtle(yuán biē shī guī)
Helping the turtle and losing the turtle
The Chinese idiom, Yu á NBI ē sh ī Gu ī, means that the gain is not worth the loss. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" says: "it's better to kill the army and ask for the fox, help the two turtles and fail the tortoise, break the right arm and fight for a hair, break moxie and fight for the cone knife
Idiom usage
It refers to the loss of great things from small things.
Chinese PinYin : yuán biē shī guī
Helping the turtle and losing the turtle
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