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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tā nà xiǎo shuō dōu méi fā wǒ shàng nǎ ér chāo qùHe hadn't even released his novel. Where was I supposed to copy it from?
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dàn xiàn zài bù dōu liú xíng shuō róng gěng mabut these days, people talk about "plot overlap."
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shì huà shì zhè me shuō dàn shì wǒ men hái shì yào tí qián xiǎng xiǎngYes, that's true, but we should think ahead about how to respond...
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shuō bù dìng néng ràng nǐ yī jǔ chāo guò hé hán de rè dùone that might let you surpass He Han in popularity.
HSK 7
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nín bō jiào de hào mǎ zàn shí wú rén jiē tīngThe number you dialed is currently unavailable.
HSK 7
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zhè fù jìn yào kāi tíng de huà yīng gāi shì yī zhōng yuànIf there's a court nearby, it should be the No. 1 Intermediate Court.
HSK 3
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fù jìn yǒu jiǔ diàn kě yǐ qù zhǎo tāThere are hotels nearby. You can try finding him there.
HSK 7
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wǒ bù xiǎng xiàng yí gè yuàn fù yī yàng dǔ zhe tā shàng mén yào gè shuō fǎI don't want to act like a desperate woman, blocking him for an explanation.
HSK 4
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nǐ shì nǎ ge chōng diàn xiàn huài le wǒ bāng nǐ mǎi yí gèWhich charging cable is broken? I'll buy you a new one.
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wǒ nà ge zhuō shàng yǒu yí gè xiàn nǐ kě yǐ ná zhe xiān yòngThere's a cable on my desk. You can use that for now.
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