差以毫釐，失之千里

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
 
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth
 centi- to lose; to miss; to fail 's; him/her/it; this thousand li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (差以毫釐，失之千里) 差 以 毫 釐 ， 失 之 千 里
simp. (差以毫厘，失之千里) 差 以 毫 厘 ， 失 之 千 里

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāyǐháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄧˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ, ㄕ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: chāyǐháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄧˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ, ㄕ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chayiihaurli, shyjychianlii
      • Tongyong Pinyin: chayǐháolí, shihjhihcianlǐ
      • Wade–Giles: chʻa1-i3-hao2-li2- shih1-chih1-chʻien1-li3
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

差以毫釐，失之千里

  1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

Synonyms
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