顾此失彼 顧此失彼
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ ㄍㄨˋ ㄘˇ ㄕ ㄅㄧˇ gu3 ci2 sat1 bei2
- lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
- fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
- cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
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顾 顧
- 不顾 不顧 bù gù ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˋ bat1 gu3 in spite of; regardless of
- 光顾 光顧 guāng gù ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨˋ gwong1 gu3 to visit (as a customer)
- 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù ㄐㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˋ gim1 gu3 to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
- 只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù ㄓˇ ㄍㄨˋ zi2 gu3 to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
- 回顾 回顧 huí gù ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨˋ wui4 gu3 to look back
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- 照顾 照顧 zhào gu ㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄍㄨ ziu3 gu3 to take care of
- 顾全 顧全 gù quán ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ gu3 cyun4 to give careful consideration to
- 顾及 顧及 gù jí ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ gu3 kap6 to take into consideration
- 顾问 顧問 gù wèn ㄍㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ gu3 man6 adviser
- 顾客 顧客 gù kè ㄍㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ gu3 haak3 customer; client
- 顾虑 顧慮 gù lǜ ㄍㄨˋ ㄌㄩˋ gu3 leoi6 misgivings; apprehensions
- 顾不上 顧不上 gù bu shàng ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕㄤˋ gu3 bat1 soeng5 cannot attend to or manage
- 顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ gu3 bat1 dak1 unable to change sth
- 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ zo2 gu3 jau6 paan3 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
- 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡ hau6 gu3 zi1 jau1 fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
- 顾全大局 顧全大局 gù quán dà jú ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩˊ gu3 cyun4 daai6 guk6 to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)
- 主顾 主顧 zhǔ gù ㄓㄨˇ ㄍㄨˋ zyu2 gu3 client
- 反顾 反顧 fǎn gù ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ faan2 gu3 to glance back
- 四顾 四顧 sì gù ㄙˋ ㄍㄨˋ sei3 gu3 to look around
- 惠顾 惠顧 huì gù ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˋ wai6 gu3 your patronage
此
- 因此 yīn cǐ ㄧㄣ ㄘˇ jan1 ci2 thus; consequently; as a result
- 如此 rú cǐ ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ jyu4 ci2 like this; so; such
- 彼此 bǐ cǐ ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ bei2 ci2 each other; one another
- 从此 從此 cóng cǐ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄘˇ cung4 ci2 from now on
- 据此 據此 jù cǐ ㄐㄩˋ ㄘˇ geoi3 ci2 accordingly; in view of the above
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- 此事 cǐ shì ㄘˇ ㄕˋ this matter
- 此刻 cǐ kè ㄘˇ ㄎㄜˋ ci2 hak1 this moment
- 此前 cǐ qián ㄘˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ci2 cin4 before this
- 此外 cǐ wài ㄘˇ ㄨㄞˋ ci2 ngoi6 besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- 此后 此後 cǐ hòu ㄘˇ ㄏㄡˋ ci2 hau6 after this
- 此时 此時 cǐ shí ㄘˇ ㄕˊ ci2 si4 now
- 此次 cǐ cì ㄘˇ ㄘˋ ci2 ci3 this time
- 此致 cǐ zhì ㄘˇ ㄓˋ ci2 zi3 (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
- 此处 此處 cǐ chù ㄘˇ ㄔㄨˋ ci2 cyu3 this place
- 为此 為此 wèi cǐ ㄨㄟˋ ㄘˇ wai6 ci2 for this reason
- 特此 tè cǐ ㄊㄜˋ ㄘˇ dak6 ci2 hereby
- 由此 yóu cǐ ㄧㄡˊ ㄘˇ jau4 ci2 hereby
- 至此 zhì cǐ ㄓˋ ㄘˇ zi3 ci2 up until now
- 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- 由此可见 由此可見 yóu cǐ kě jiàn ㄧㄡˊ ㄘˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ jau4 ci2 ho2 gin3 from this, it can be seen that...
失
- 丢失 丟失 diū shī ㄉㄧㄡ ㄕ diu1 sat1 to lose; to misplace
- 丧失 喪失 sàng shī ㄙㄤˋ ㄕ song3 sat1 to lose
- 失事 shī shì ㄕ ㄕˋ sat1 si6 (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
- 失传 失傳 shī chuán ㄕ ㄔㄨㄢˊ sat1 cyun4 (of skills etc) to die out
- 失利 shī lì ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ sat1 lei6 to lose
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- 失去 shī qù ㄕ ㄑㄩˋ sat1 heoi3 to lose
- 失恋 失戀 shī liàn ㄕ ㄌㄧㄢˋ sat1 lyun2 to lose one's love
- 失手 shī shǒu ㄕ ㄕㄡˇ sat1 sau2 a slip
- 失掉 shī diào ㄕ ㄉㄧㄠˋ sat1 diu6 to lose
- 失控 shī kòng ㄕ ㄎㄨㄥˋ sat1 hung3 to go out of control
- 失效 shī xiào ㄕ ㄒㄧㄠˋ sat1 haau6 to fail
- 失败 失敗 shī bài ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ sat1 baai6 to be defeated
- 失明 shī míng ㄕ ㄇㄧㄥˊ sat1 ming4 to lose one's eyesight
- 失望 shī wàng ㄕ ㄨㄤˋ sat1 mong6 disappointed
- 失业 失業 shī yè ㄕ ㄧㄝˋ sat1 jip6 unemployment
- 失眠 shī mián ㄕ ㄇㄧㄢˊ sat1 min4 to suffer from insomnia
- 失落 shī luò ㄕ ㄌㄨㄛˋ sat1 lok6 to lose (sth)
- 失误 失誤 shī wù ㄕ ㄨˋ sat1 ng6 lapse
- 失踪 失蹤 shī zōng ㄕ ㄗㄨㄥ sat1 zung1 to be missing
- 失灵 失靈 shī líng ㄕ ㄌㄧㄥˊ sat1 ling4 out of order (of machine)
彼
- 彼此 bǐ cǐ ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ bei2 ci2 each other; one another
- 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- 彼岸 bǐ àn ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ bei2 ngon6 the other shore
- 彼得 Bǐ dé ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ bei2 dak1 Peter (name)
- 彼时 彼時 bǐ shí ㄅㄧˇ ㄕˊ bei2 si4 at that time
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- 辣彼 là bǐ ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ laat6 bei2 (loanword) rabbi
- 彼岸花 bǐ àn huā ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ bei2 ngon6 faa1 red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
- 彼得堡 Bǐ dé bǎo ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄠˇ bei2 dak1 bou2 Petersburg (place name)
- 彼得潘 Bǐ dé Pān ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄆㄢ bei2 dak1 pun1 Peter Pan, the novel character
- 彼拉多 Bǐ lā duō ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄚ ㄉㄨㄛ bei2 laai1 do1 Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
- 彼尔姆 彼爾姆 Bǐ ěr mǔ ㄅㄧˇ ㄦˇ ㄇㄨˇ bei2 ji5 mou5 Perm, Russian city in the Urals
- 爱彼迎 愛彼迎 Ài bǐ yíng ㄞˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄥˊ oi3 bei2 jing4 Airbnb
- 圣彼得 聖彼得 Shèng bǐ dé ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ sing3 bei2 dak1 Saint Peter
- 阿彼雅 Ā bǐ yǎ ㄚ ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄚˇ aa3 bei2 ngaa5 Abijah (biblical name)
- 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣ ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ bat1 fan1 bei2 ci2 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
- 厚此薄彼 hòu cǐ bó bǐ ㄏㄡˋ ㄘˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄧˇ hau5 ci2 bok6 bei2 to favour one and discriminate against the other
- 彼倡此和 bǐ chàng cǐ hé ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄘˇ ㄏㄜˊ bei2 coeng3 ci2 wo4 to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement
- 彼唱此和 bǐ chàng cǐ hé ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ ㄘˇ ㄏㄜˊ bei2 coeng3 ci2 wo4 to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement
- 彼得前书 彼得前書 Bǐ dé qián shū ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ bei2 dak1 cin4 syu1 First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)
- 彼得后书 彼得後書 Bǐ dé Hòu shū ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄨ bei2 dak1 hau6 syu1 Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)