打小算盘 — Chinese idiom
打小算盘
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
Traditional: 打小算盤
Meaning
- lit. to count on a narrow abacus ; petty and scheming selfishly
- concerned with petty interests
- selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
- bean counter
Character by character
- 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 算suànto calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
- 盘pántray, plate, dish; to examine
Idioms sharing a character
- 一炮打响 yī pào dǎ xiǎng
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià
- 乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán
- 宽打窄用 kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
- 打入冷宫 dǎ rù lěng gōng
- 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè
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