因小失大
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕ ㄉㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yinsiǎoshihdà
- Wade–Giles: yin1-hsiao3-shih1-ta4
- Yale: yīn-syǎu-shr̄-dà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: insheaushydah
- Palladius: иньсяошида (inʹsjaošida)
- Sinological IPA (key): /in⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan1 siu2 sat1 daai6
- Yale: yān síu sāt daaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan1 siu2 sat7 daai6
- Guangdong Romanization: yen1 xiu2 sed1 dai6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
因小失大
- to try to save a little only to lose a lot; to spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar; to be penny wise and pound foolish
Synonyms
Descendants
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 因小失大 (yīnxiǎoshīdà).
Idiom
因小失大 • (inshōshitsudai)
Synonyms
- 貪小失大 (tanshōshitsudai)
Antonyms
- 枉尺直尋 (ōsekichokujin)
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