háo​lí​qiān​lǐ

small error leads to a huge difference

  • created sense approved 豪厘千里/豪釐千里 · háo​lí​qiān​lǐ · small error leads to a huge difference — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    豪厘千里 / 豪釐千里

    háo​lí​qiān​lǐ

    small error leads to a huge difference

    a tiny discrepancy at the beginning can result in an enormous error at the end

    豪 (literal) → 豪 · háo · fine hair 厘 (literal) → 厘/釐 · lí · [unit of measure] 千里 (literal) → 千里 · qiān​lǐ · a thousand li

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense