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Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ā w ū Qi ú L í, which means to demolish the house in order to catch civet cat. It means to lose the big from the small. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.

Idiom usage

To act as an object or attributive

Analysis of Idioms

Kill the chicken for the egg, lose the big for the small

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" said: "bad pond to take turtle, hair room and ask for Beaver, dig room and ask for rat, cut lip and cure caries, Jie Zhi's disciples, gentleman not with."

Idiom explanation

Demolish the house to catch civet cats. It's a metaphor for losing the big from the small.