剖腹藏珠

pōu fù cáng zhū

Meaning

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom); fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

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剖pōuto bisect, to dissect, to slice咅刂腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside⺼复藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store艹臧珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone王朱