汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
() jiǎn le/liǎo/liào zhī () diū 西 guā
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

多数投资者容易见利就走,这样就会舍大逐小,捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

Most investors easy to see Lee leave, which would gradually small homes largest seizure of sesame lost watermelon.

现在中国人学乖了,不和美国的投行和好莱坞死跑龙套的玩,不过他们还是捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

The Chinese so far have avoided interaction with the American investment bankers and American Hollywood producers, but that's the only mistake they haven't made.

但是,有可能他们是捡了芝麻丢了西瓜(因为一块矿石丢掉整座矿山,因为一个油桶丢掉整个油田,他们一贯如此)。

But perhaps they are missing the forest for the trees (or the mine for the ore and the oilfield for the barrel, as it were).

在海南岛的西瓜中发现了西瓜花叶病,发病率为10-30%。

Watermelon mosaic disease was found in watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, on Hainan Island, with an incidence of 10-30%.

西瓜西瓜性味甘凉,凡暑热口渴、心胸烦热,可适当吃些西瓜以解暑清热;

Watermelon and sweet cool, where hot thirsty, cardiothoracic Fanre, may be appropriate to eat watermelon to Jieshu heat;

西瓜内红外绿。

A watermelon is red inside and green outside.

国庆节时你开始吃这只西瓜,吃完整只西瓜就已经是五一了。到那时,你早已对西瓜感到厌倦了。

You ate the first of them on the Fourth of July and spit your last seeds on Labor Day, when you were just about sick of watermelon anyway.

现在是伏天,西瓜正当令。

These are the dog days; watermelons are just in season.

要找好西瓜,百里挑一呀!

To find a good one, you must a hundred try.

玠我想要一个西瓜。

I want a watermelon.