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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 偷雞不成蝕把米 [ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄧˇ; tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
 to go for wool and come back shorn
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