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

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• 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⁾/

Proverb

差之毫釐，謬以千里

1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

Synonyms

• 差以毫釐，失之千里／差以毫厘，失之千里 (chāyǐháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ)