因噎廢食

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	choke	abolish; crippled	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (因噎廢食)		因	噎	廢	食
simp. (因噎废食)		因	噎	废	食
Literally: “to not eat because of [fear or experience of] choking”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyēfèishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄝ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyēfèishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄝ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyefèishíh
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yeh¹-fei⁴-shih²
    • Yale: yīn-yē-fèi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniefeyshyr
    • Palladius: иньефэйши (inʹjefɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶
    • Yale: yān yit fai sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jit⁸ fai³ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yid³ fei³ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jiːt̚³ fɐi̯³³ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

因噎廢食

1. to avoid something essential because of a slight risk of making a mistake

   不能因為死刑可能造成誤判而廢除死刑，這是因噎廢食 [MSC, trad.]
   不能因为死刑可能造成误判而废除死刑，这是因噎废食 [MSC, simp.]

   bù néng yīnwèi sǐxíng kěnéng zào chéng wùpàn ér fèichú sǐxíng, zhè shì yīnyēfèishí [Pinyin]

   The death penalty should not be abolished because of possible miscarriages, this is like not eating for fear of choking

Synonyms

• 見噎廢食／见噎废食
• 以噎廢飧／以噎废飧
• (Cantonese) 斬腳趾避沙蟲