斩脚趾避沙虫
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    编辑拼音edit jyutping

    【喻】砍掉脚趾头以免去疥癣之害（沙虫：疥虫）。比喻避小害而失大利；因噎废食。

    编辑解释edit jyutping

    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

    编辑英文解释edit jyutping

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