因小失大 — Chinese idiom
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
Meaning
- to save a little only to lose a lot
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
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