顾 顧
此 此
失 失
彼 彼
- 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
Info
- Wiktionary: 顾此失彼
- MDBG: 顾此失彼
- Examples with 顾此失彼 on Tatoeba
- Tags: chengyu