(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
trad. 小不忍則亂大謀
Also written 小不忍則亂大謀【xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu】
Characters in this word
7小
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small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
忍
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to bear, to endure, to tolerate, to restrain oneself
- Pinyin
- rěn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7640 of 2500
则
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(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then, (bound form) standard; norm, (bound form) principle, (literary) to imitate; to follow, classifier for written items
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 則
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2398 of 2500
乱
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in confusion or disorder, in a confused state of mind, disorder, upheaval, riot, illicit sexual relations, to throw into disorder, to mix up, indiscriminate, random, arbitrary
- Pinyin
- luàn
- Traditional
- 亂
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2618 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
谋
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to plan, to seek, scheme
- Pinyin
- móu
- Traditional
- 謀
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4946 of 2500