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斬腳趾避沙蟲
  zaam2 goek3 zi2 bei6 saa1 cung4   jyutping
  zhan3 jiao3 zhi3 bi4 sha1 chong2   pinyin
Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue [Syn]食砒霜杜蟲

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
斬腳趾避沙蟲 / 斩脚趾避沙虫

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Characters in this word:

 zaam2  -  chop; cut
 goek3  -  foot, feet
 zi2  -  toe
 bei6  -  avoid; prevent
 saa1  -  sand
 cung4  -  insect, worm
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