汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 无伤大雅
无伤大雅 (無傷大雅)
(of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom) / harmless
大雅 One of the components of "The Book of Songs", here refers to the elegant, elegant and generous / It means that although it has an impact, it does not harm the main aspects
无损于风雅、大节偶然说笑打趣,只要不过分,也无伤大雅。
() wú () shāng dà/dài
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

那是个无伤大雅的骗术,开个玩笑而已。

It was an innocent deception, meant as a joke.

多数人都认为他是无伤大雅的怪人。

Most people consider him a harmless eccentric.

多数人都认为他是一个无伤大雅的怪人。

Most people considered him a harmless eccentric.

威斯康星的研究人员表示一些猕猴的死亡与衰老无关,剔出无伤大雅

The Wisconsin researchers say that some of the monkey deaths were not related to age and can properly be excluded.

这是个无伤大雅的爱好,但是我清楚的知道自己不想靠这种做法来开展一门生意。

It's a fine hobby, but I sure wouldn't want to build a business around it.

对于个别的报纸专栏而言,出现这一问题可能无伤大雅;但汇集成书后,它便显得甚为刺眼。

That may not matter in individual newspaper columns. It jars when collected in a book.