顾此失彼
gùcǐ-shībǐTraditional 顧此失彼
to attend to one thing and neglect another
Every meaning
gùcǐ-shībǐ
- to attend to one thing and neglect another
Its characters
- 顾gùto look after; to take care of (as in 照顾)
- 此cǐthis
- 失shīto lose
- 彼bǐthat; those; the other
Words with 顾
Words with 此
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.