失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
Meaning
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
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失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect丿夫之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶毫háofine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth亠口冖毛厘líone thousandth厂里差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer羊工千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very丿十里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane田土