Pursue the near and abandon the far
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ú J ì NQ ì Yu ǎ n, which means to pursue the near and abandon the far. It comes from Shi Tong, the mistakes of five elements in Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Liu Zhiji's Shitong Hanshu five elements annals error in Tang Dynasty: "the quotations in the annals of today's class are from the Youli of Zhou Dynasty to the dingai of Lu Dynasty. They don't say Guoyu, but they call Shiji. Don't they forget the origin and favor the end and abandon the near and the far?"
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: avoid the heavy and pursue the light
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : zhú jìn qì yuǎn
Pursue the near and abandon the far
the two phoenixes fly side by side. fèng huáng yú fēi
a lone phoenix and a widowed goose. gū luán guǎ hú
map out a well-conceived long-term plan. yuǎn móu shēn suàn