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拣了芝麻，丢了西瓜抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜jiǎn le zhī ma , diū le xī guāpick up the sesame seeds but overlook the watermelons——concentrate on minor matters to the neglect of major ones; penny wise and pound foolish; str ain at a gnat and swallow a camel
❍ 真是抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜。(《中国农村的社会主义高潮》159) As the saying goes,I was so busy picking up sesame seeds that I neglected the watermelons. |