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Meaning of 贪小失大

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tān xiǎo shī (Trad.: 貪小失大)
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
You'd better mend your fence falling down, or you will be stolen, don't be penny and pound foolish.
2
Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
3
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He refused to spend money in repairing the roof, and now the rain has ruined half his furniture- a plain example of penny wise and pound foolish.