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因小失大 (jan1 siu2 sat1 daai6) — penny wise and pound foolish; pay too big a price for mere trifles in Cantonese

janˉ¹因siuˊ²小satˉ¹失daaiˍ₆大
Mandarin Pinyin: yin1 xiao3 shi1 da4

Meaning of 因小失大

nounpenny wise and pound foolish; pay too big a price for mere trifles
nountry to save a little only to lose a lot

Characters in 因小失大

因jan1
in accordance with; according to; on the basis of; in the light of
小siu2
humble; mean; lowly
失sat1
lose
大daai6
a Chinese family name

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