剖腹藏珠 — pou1 fu4 cang2 zhu1 — Chinese Dictionary

🔍

剖

腹

藏

珠

剖

腹

藏

珠

Definitions4 characters

pou¹ fu⁴ cang² zhu¹

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)/fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

剖

腹

藏

珠

As word

1

pou¹

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)/fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

2

fu⁴

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)/fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

3

cang²

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)/fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

4

zhu¹

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)/fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities