汉英词典
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MEANING OF 失之毫厘，谬以千里
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
失之毫厘，谬以千里
(失之毫厘，謬以千里)
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
毫、厘 Two extremely small length units / A slight mistake in the beginning will result in a big mistake
毫、厘两种极小的长度单位。开始稍微有一点差错，结果会造成很大的错误。
失 shī 之 zhī 毫 háo 厘 (釐) lí 谬 (謬) miù 以 yǐ 千 qiān 里 (裏) lǐ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

失之毫厘，谬以千里。

A minimal error or deviation may result in wide divergence.

失之毫厘， 谬以千里。

A minimal error or deviation may result in wide divergence.

差之毫厘，谬以千里。

An error, the breadth of a single hair, can lead you a thousand li astray.

2003年1月20日：当我们在从遥远地方来的巨大的数字和海量数据中工作的时候，会发生“失之毫厘，谬以千里”的事情。

January 2003: When working with big numbers and data from faraway places, small errors can have huge consequences.

研究表明正是这种“失之毫厘”增强了赌瘾最严重的那些人脑中多巴胺的传输。

It could be the near misses that enhance dopamine transmission in gamblers who suffer the most severe problems, the study suggests.

失之毫厘，谬之千里，对竞争对手的研究是制定成功计划的第一步，这一步错了，后面的努力在大，投入再多，也是南辕北辙。

Lose everything, fruit, competitor on the research is to develop the success the first step, this step is wrong, back effort in large, again much investment, is also south.

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