suàn pán
abacus
CL:把[ba3]
plan
scheme
rú yì suàn pán
counting one's chickens before they are hatched
xiǎo suàn pán
lit. small abacus
fig. selfish calculations
bean-counting
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
concerned with petty interests
selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
bean counter
dǎ suàn pán
to compute on the abacus
(fig.) to calculate
to plan
to scheme
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