差之毫厘，谬以千里 差之毫釐，謬以千里
chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
释义
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile
汉字
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厂里谬miùabsurd; error, exaggeration讠翏以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then人千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very丿十里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane田土