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顾此失彼

gù cǐ shī bǐ phrase C2

Traditional: 顧此失彼

  1. lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
  2. fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
  3. cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
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