chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
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Original source entry:

差之毫釐,謬以千里 差之毫厘,谬以千里 [cha1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , miu4 yi3 qian1 li3] /the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)/a miss is as good as a mile/

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Other forms in these source records: 差之毫釐,謬以千里

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差之毫厘谬以千里
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