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顧此失彼

gùcǐshībǐ

ㄍㄨˋ ㄘˇ ㄕ ㄅㄧˇ

Simplified 顾此失彼

  1. 1lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
  3. 3cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other

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