How to say "是捡了芝麻丢了西瓜" (shì jiǎn le zhī má diū le xī guā) in Chinese dialogue
是捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
saying you gave up something big for something small.
Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0121:15
bié别
rén人
yě也
huì会
xiào笑
nǐ你
“People would laugh at you,”
LINE 0221:17
PLAYING SCENEshì是
jiǎn捡
le了
zhī芝
má麻
diū丢
le了
xī西
guā瓜
“saying you gave up something big for something small.”
LINE 0321:21
nǐ你
jiù就
shì是
xiǎng想
tài太
duō多
le了
“You're thinking too much.”
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lí jié gǎo shí jiān hái yǒu hǎo jǐ gè xiǎo shí wǒ zài xiǎng xiǎngThere are still a few hours before the deadline. I'll think it over a bit more.

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wǒ xiàn zài jiù hé nǐ yì qǐ lái shū lǐ yī xiàI'll go through the key plot points for the next

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wǒ shén me shí hòu shuō guò nǐ gěi wǒ tiān má fán yaWhen have I ever said you were causing me trouble?

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zhè shì hé hán xiě de shàng jǐ zhāng de gēng xīn maAre these the previous chapters He Han wrote?

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wǒ què shí guǎn tā yào le dàn tā bù kěn gěi wǒI did ask her, but she wouldn't give them to me.

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suǒ yǐ zhè jiù shì nǐ wèi shén me zhè me zhé mó zì jǐThat's why you've been pushing yourself this hard,

HSK 4
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wǒ jiù yào xiàng tā men xiàng nǐ men zhèng míng wǒ kě yǐ xiě dé bǐ tā hǎoI have to prove to them, to you, that I can write better than he does.

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hé hán tā xiàn zài shì yīn wèi zì jǐ de gè rén yuán yīn suǒ yǐ cái tíng gèngHe Han stopped updating because of his own personal reasons.

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nǐ bǎ zhè bǎn fā wǒ wǒ huí qù pái bǎnSend me this version. I'll format it when I get back.

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wǒ xī wàng zài jīn tiān xià bān zhī qián kě yǐ kàn dào nǐ duō yī zhāng de gēng xīnI want to see an extra chapter from you before the end of today.

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bù hǎo yì sī wǒ zài gǎn gǎo zi méi shí jiān gēn nǐ liáo tiānSorry, I'm rushing a draft. I don't have time to chat.

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wǒ bǎ shǎn líng qí shì de 《 yì shuǐ bié yàn dān 》 fā nǐ leI've sent you Phantom Knight's Parting with Yan Dan at Yishui.

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zhēn de kě yǐ kǎo lǜ ràng hé hán lái xù xiěyou can seriously consider letting He Han continue it.

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