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
  • 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. synonym of 差之毫釐，謬以千里 (chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ)
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