释义 |
贪他一斗米,失却半年粮 | tān tā yī dǒu mǐ, shī què bàn nián liáng | Being greedy for one dou (Chinese unit for measuring volume) of rice, he lost half year’s ration. (literal) • Many go out for wool and come back shorn. [同义] 因小失大 Lose a ship for a halfpenny worth of tar. |