占小便宜吃大亏 佔小便宜吃大虧 佔小便宜吃大虧

gain small advantages, suffer big losses

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use

Meaning
People who grab small gains end up with a greater loss. A warning against petty greed.
Simplified
占小便宜吃大亏
Traditional (Taiwan)
佔小便宜吃大虧
Pinyin
zhàn xiǎopiányi chīdàkuī
Bopomofo
ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ ㄔ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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