漏脯充饥 — Chinese idiom
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
Traditional: 漏脯充飢
Meaning
- (lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger
- (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted
Character by character
- 漏lòuto leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
- 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruits
- 充chōngto fill, to supply; to be full
- 饥jīhungry, starving; hunger, famine
Idioms sharing a character
- 挂一漏万 guà yī lòu wàn
- 泄漏天机 xiè lòu tiān jī
- 漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū
- 漏泄天机 lòu xiè tiān jī
- 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
- 点水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
- 充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén
- 汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng
- 滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
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