Yanamino投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qìtoushujiqi
- lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
- to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences