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不顾大局

bù gù dà júdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-2e0e552851810001. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

不顧大局 不顾大局 [bu4 gu4 da4 ju2] /to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)/

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Other forms in these source records: 不顧大局

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 顾
    gù

    to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to

    Gù

    surname Gu

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 局
    jú

    narrow / office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc / cramped / narrow

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.