顧此失彼

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Chinese

look after; take into consideration; to attend to this; these to lose; to miss; to fail that; those; (one) another)
trad. (顧此失彼)
simp. (顾此失彼)

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Idiom

顧此失彼

  1. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another; to be unable to take care of everything at once

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