Small minded and ambitious
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī nxi ǎ ozh ì D à, which means to be careful and ambitious. From Huainanzi zhushuxun.
The origin of Idioms
Huainanzi · zhushuxun: "in the view of ordinary people, the heart wants small but the ambition wants big, the wisdom wants round but the action wants square, the ability wants many but the thing wants fresh."
Idiom usage
It refers to people's ambition.
Small minded and ambitious
desire greatly to win the support of the wise - sī xián rú kě
deceive the public so as to build up a reputation - qī shì dào míng
take precautions against a possible danger - qǔ tū yí xīn
broad in conception and meticulous in details - tǐ dà sī jīng