因小失大 yīnxiǎoshīdà penny wise and pound foolish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 因小失大 yīnxiǎoshīdà penny wise and pound foolish to save a little only to lose a lot; to sacrifice large gains for minor ones or lose a major opportunity by focusing on small matters Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.276 per million Cross-References Referenced by 惜指失掌 xīzhǐshīzhǎngSynonym 掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
因小失大 yīnxiǎoshīdà penny wise and pound foolish to save a little only to lose a lot; to sacrifice large gains for minor ones or lose a major opportunity by focusing on small matters Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.276 per million Cross-References Referenced by 惜指失掌 xīzhǐshīzhǎngSynonym 掘室求鼠 juéshìqiúshǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
