Helping the turtle and losing the turtle
The Chinese idiom, Yu á NBI ē sh ī Gu ī, means that the gain is not worth the loss. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" says: "it's better to kill the army and ask for the fox, help the two turtles and fail the tortoise, break the right arm and fight for a hair, break moxie and fight for the cone knife
Idiom usage
It refers to the loss of great things from small things.
Helping the turtle and losing the turtle
not allow others to put in a word - bù róng zhì huì
Seeking common ground while reserving minor differences - qiú dà tóng,cún xiǎo yì
commit crimes in violation of the law - zuò jiān fàn kē
Under the heavy reward, there must be a dead husband - zhòng shǎng zhī xià,bì yǒu sǐ fū