差之毫釐，謬以千里

Chinese
 
differ from; short of; to lack
differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
 's; him/her/it; this
 
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth
 centi- absurd; erroneous
 
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 thousand li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (差之毫釐，謬以千里) 差 之 毫 釐 ， 謬 以 千 里
simp. (差之毫厘，谬以千里) 差 之 毫 厘 ， 谬 以 千 里

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ, ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ, ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chajyhaurli, miowyiichianlii
      • Tongyong Pinyin: chajhihháolí, miòuyǐcianlǐ
      • Wade–Giles: chʻa1-chih1-hao2-li2- miu4-i3-chʻien1-li3
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ mjoʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

差之毫釐，謬以千里

  1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

Synonyms
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