金弹子打鸟儿,因小失大 金彈子打鳥兒,因小失大 金彈子打鳥兒,因小失大

shooting birds with golden pellets: losing the big for the small

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Paying a high price for a small gain, a bad bargain. Critical.
Simplified
金弹子打鸟儿,因小失大
Traditional (Taiwan)
金彈子打鳥兒,因小失大
Pinyin
jīn dànzi dǎ niǎor, yīnxiǎoshīdà
Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ,ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕ ㄉㄚˋ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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