目光短浅

目光短淺

mùguāng-duǎnqiǎn

idiom #26,161

Meanings

HSK 5

他目光短浅，只看眼前的利益。

Tā mùguāng-duǎnqiǎn, zhǐ kàn yǎnqián de lìyì.

He is shortsighted and only looks at immediate gains.

HSK 5

这个决定显示出他们的目光短浅。

Zhège juédìng xiǎnshì chū tāmen de mùguāng-duǎnqiǎn.

This decision reveals their lack of foresight.

HSK 7-9

目光短浅的领导者不能带领公司走向未来。

Mùguāng-duǎnqiǎn de lǐngdǎozhě bùnéng dàilǐng gōngsī zǒuxiàng wèilái.

A shortsighted leader cannot guide a company into the future.

memory

目光 means 'gaze/vision', 短 means 'short', 浅 means 'shallow' - literally 'short and shallow gaze', i.e. someone who cannot see far ahead.

目 mù

光 guāng

短 duǎn

浅 qiǎn