- 亻(person; man)
- 俞(agree; willing)
A thief is someone who sneaks around acting cheerfully so no one notices.
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lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
He tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing rice instead—he's really too foolish.
fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
He tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing a handful of rice instead.
to go for wool and come back shorn
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
He tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing rice instead—he's really too foolish.
fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
He tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing a handful of rice instead.
to go for wool and come back shorn
A thief is someone who sneaks around acting cheerfully so no one notices.
A chicken is a short-tailed bird that crows "he-he" every early morning.
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
Hold the spear and halberd to fight to the end in order to achieve success.
A hand grasping something tightly as if clinging and refusing to let go.
Rice grains scattered from a grain bundle symbolize the staple food of East Asian people.
A thief is someone who sneaks around acting cheerfully so no one notices.
A chicken is a short-tailed bird that crows "he-he" every early morning.
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
Hold the spear and halberd to fight to the end in order to achieve success.
A hand grasping something tightly as if clinging and refusing to let go.
Rice grains scattered from a grain bundle symbolize the staple food of East Asian people.
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
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