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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāyǐháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄧˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ , ㄕ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chayǐháolí, shihjhihcianlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-i³-hao²-li², shih¹-chih¹-chʻien¹-li³
    • Yale: chā-yǐ-háu-lí-, shr̄-jr̄-chyān-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chayiihaurli, shyjychianlii
    • Palladius: чаихаоли, шичжицяньли (čaixaoli, šičžicjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

差以毫釐，失之千里

1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

Synonyms

• 差之毫釐，謬以千里／差之毫厘，谬以千里 (chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ)