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因小失大
  jan1 siu2 sat1 daai6   jyutping
  yin1 xiao3 shi1 da4   pinyin
penny wise and pound foolish; pay too big a price for mere trifles
[literal] try to save a little only to lose a lot


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
因小失大

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Characters in this word:

 jan1  -  because; reason
 siu2  -  small, tiny, little
 sat1  -  mistake; omission; lose; neglect
 daai6  -  big
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