差之毫厘，失之千里 差之毫釐，失之千里
chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ
Meaning
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile
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差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer羊工之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厂里失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect丿夫千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very丿十里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane田土