剖腹藏珠 — Chinese idiom
剖腹藏珠
pōu fù cáng zhū
Meaning
- lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl
- fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
Character by character
- 剖pōuto bisect, to dissect, to slice
- 腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
Idioms sharing a character
- 口蜜腹剑 kǒu mì fù jiàn
- 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián
- 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn
- 指腹为婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn
- 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 满腹牢骚 mǎn fù láo sāo
- 满腹经纶 mǎn fù jīng lún
- 空腹高心 kōng fù gāo xīn
- 精神满腹 jīng shén mǎn fù
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