「棋屎貪食卒」
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| Pronunciation： | kei4 si2 taam1 sik6 zeot1 kei2 si2 taam1 sik6 zeot1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
棋 chess; board game; a chess piece; a puppet 屎 faeces; excrement; droppings; shit; shitty; crappy 貪 to be greedy; to covet; to take bribe 食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control 卒 (of people) to die; soldier; private |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
an idiom describing somebody seeking short term gratification and losing sight of the big picture; literally: those unskilled in playing Chinese chess love taking opponents' pawn pieces
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