Small eyes and thin skin
Pinyin is Xi ǎ oy ǎ Nb ó P í, a Chinese idiom. It means to have a small vision and love to be greedy. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 78 of Jin Ping Mei's Ci Hua: "what's your mother doing with me? He also said, "I'm small eyed and love other people's things."
Idiom usage
It has a derogatory meaning.
Small eyes and thin skin
take advantage of a favourable trend - shùn shuǐ fàng chuán
The whip is not as long as the horse's belly - biān cháng bù jí mǎ fù
step by step one goes as far as a thousand li - kuǐ bù qiān lǐ
travel the length and breadth of the country - zǒu nán chuǎng běi