投鼠忌器 [ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ; tou2 shu3 ji4 qi4] 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 ◄ ►