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 a very small amount absurd; erroneous
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse
one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse
 
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
alternative forms 差之毫釐，繆以千里

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ , ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): caa1 zi1 hou4 lei4, mau6 ji5 cin1 lei5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ , ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: chajhihháolí, miòuyǐcianlǐ
      • Wade–Giles: chʻa1-chih1-hao2-li2, miu4-i3-chʻien1-li3
      • Yale: chā-jr̄-háu-lí-, myòu-yǐ-chyān-lǐ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chajyhaurli, miowyiichianlii
      • Palladius: чачжихаоли, мюицяньли (čačžixaoli, mjuicjanʹli)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ mi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

差之毫釐，謬以千里

  1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

Synonyms

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