shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ

Traditional: 失之毫厘，謬以千里

失之毫厘，谬以千里 (shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses”.

Meanings

  1. 1a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

Characters in 失之毫厘，谬以千里

失shī · to lose之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])毫háo · hair厘lí · one hundredth谬miù · (bound form) false; erroneous; absurd以yǐ · to use千qiān · thousand里lǐ · lining

Related words

可以can里lining里li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m里surname Li里variant of 裡|里[li3]这里here这里variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]所以therefore那里there; that place那里there; that place以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

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