撿了芝麻丟了西瓜

1. • to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

Character by character

• 撿(jiǎn)pick up
• 了(le)marks a completed action
• 芝(zhī)Zoysia pungens
• 麻(ma)hemp
• 丟(diū)lose
• 了(le)marks a completed action
• 西(xī)the West
• 瓜(guā)melon