因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
Pinyin
Definition
因小失大
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- to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 because
- 2 owing to
- 3 on account of
- 1 big
- 2 huge
- 3 large
- 4 major
- 5 great
- 6 wide
- 7 deep
- 8 older (than)
- 9 oldest
- 10 eldest
- 11 greatly
- 12 very much
- 13 (dialect) father
- 14 father's elder or younger brother
- 1 very auspicious
- 2 extremely lucky
- 1 everyone
- 2 influential family
- 3 great expert
- 1 prize
- 2 award
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
不识大体
- 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
- 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
- 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
Sample Sentences
成语常常当书面语用，如果平常说话的时候用很多成语，别人会觉得你文绉绉的。但简单的成语口语中也常说，比如“因小失大”。