- 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
Characters
- 顾 (顧): surname Gu
- 此 (此): this; these
- 失 (失): to lose; to miss; to fail
- 彼 (彼): that; those; (one) another
Resources
- Wiktionary: 顾此失彼
- MDBG: 顾此失彼
- Examples with 顾此失彼 on Tatoeba
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