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› 斬腳趾避沙蟲
斬腳趾避沙蟲
zaam2
goek3
zi2
bei6
saa1
cung4
Mandarin: zhan3 jiao3 zhi3 bi4 sha1 chong2
Simplified: 斩脚趾避沙虫
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斬
zaam2
T2
腳
goek3
T3
趾
zi2
T2
避
bei6
T6
沙
saa1
T1
蟲
cung4
T4
Definitions
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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