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斬腳趾避沙蟲
Mandarin: zhan3 jiao3 zhi3 bi4 sha1 chong2
Simplified: 斩脚趾避沙虫
斬
T2
腳
T3
趾
T2
避
T6
沙
T1
蟲
T4
Definitions
  1. 1 a metaphor for going through excessive and drastic measures unnecessarily in order to avoid a small problem; literally 'cut off one's toes to avoid sandworms'; palliative; something that treats the symptom but not the underlying problem
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