因噎废食 yīnyēfèishí to give up at the slightest obstacle Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīnyēfèishí to give up at the slightest obstacle literally meaning to stop eating for fear of choking; used to describe giving up on something essential just because a small problem occurred or might occur Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.388 per million Cross-References Antonym 削足适履 xuēzúshìlǚ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīnyēfèishí to give up at the slightest obstacle literally meaning to stop eating for fear of choking; used to describe giving up on something essential just because a small problem occurred or might occur Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.388 per million Cross-References Antonym 削足适履 xuēzúshìlǚ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
