ZH TH VI EN DE ES IT FR ML
attend trifles and neglect essentials seek from afar what lies close at hand
die Wurzel vernachlässigen und das Ende suchen das Nahe vernachlässigen und das Ferne suchen (Idiom); in die Ferne schauen
trascurare la radice e cercare la fine trascurare il vicino e cercare il lontano (idioma); guardare lontano
négligent la racine et cherchent la fin négliger le proche et chercher le lointain (idiome) ; regarder au loin
descuidar la raíz y buscar el final descuidar lo cercano y buscar lo lejano (modismo); mirar a lo lejos
135 Gain, loss 得失 (déshī) attend trifles and neglect essentials 25 舍本求末 [捨----] shèběnqiúmò (abandon-root-seek-trifle) attend trifles and neglect essentials: 有人认为美国的小学教育只注重教学方法, 而不 注重教学质量, 是~的做法. Some people think that the primary education in the United States only focuses on teaching methods, and doesn’t pay attention to the quality of teaching. It’s attending to the trifles and neglecting the essentials. '
135 Gain, loss 得失 (déshī) seek from afar what lies close at hand 26 舍近求远 [捨--遠] shèjìnqiúyuǎn (abandon-near-seek-far) seek from afar what lies close at hand: 在中国很多人不在当地医院看病, 而 是~到北京大医院去看病. Many people in China do not see doctors at local hospitals. They are willing to travel far to see a doctor in a Beijing hospital. '