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偷雞不著蝕把米 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

to bluff to need not; to not need eat up slowly; eclipse

handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object)

handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of

rice; metre
trad. (偷雞不著蝕把米/偷鷄不著蝕把米) 偷雞/偷鷄 不著
simp. (偷鸡不着蚀把米) 偷鸡 不着

偷雞不著蝕把米

  1. Synonym of 偷雞不成蝕把米 / 偷鸡不成蚀把米 (tōu jī bùchéng shí bǎ mǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 偷雞不成蝕把米 (“to try to gain an advantage, only to end up worse off and suffer losses”) [map]