差以毫釐,失之千里

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Chinese

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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)
simp. (差以毫厘,失之千里)

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Proverb

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差以毫釐,失之千里

  1. small discrepancies lead to great errors

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