毫厘 (毫釐) háolí
háolí
noun
hair's width; a very small amount
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '毫釐')
Contained in
- 差之毫厘，失之千里(差之毫釐，失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
- 失之毫厘，差之千里(失之毫釐，差之千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 毫厘不爽(毫釐不爽) not to deviate an iota ; to be extremely accurate
- 失之毫厘，差以千里(失之毫釐，差以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 失之毫厘，谬以千里(失之毫厘，謬以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 差之毫厘，谬以千里(差之毫釐，謬以千里) the slightest difference leads to a huge error; a miss is as good as a mile
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- 卷六十八 列傳第三十八 顧榮 紀瞻 賀循 薛兼 Volume 68 Biographies 38: Gu Rong; Ji Zhan; He Xun; Yang Fang; Xue Jian Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 卷69 列傳第34 王劭 袁充 Volume 69 Biographies 34: Wang Shao, Yuan Chong Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷六十八 志第二十一 律曆一 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Measures and Calendar 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷十七 列傳第五: 景穆十二王上 Volume 17 Biographies 5: Jingmu's Twelve Sons 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷七十四 志第二十七 律曆七 Volume 74 Treatises 27: Measures and Calendar 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷五十六 吳書十一 朱治朱然呂範朱桓傳 Volume 56: Book of Wu 11 - Biographies of Zhu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lü Fan, and Zhu Huan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷三 建本 Chapter 3: Building a Foundation Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
- 卷二百二十六 列傳第一百十四 海瑞 丘橓 呂坤 郭正域 Volume 226 Biographies 114: Hai Rui, Qiu Shun, Lu Kun, Guo Zhengyu History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 剖析毫厘 (剖析毫釐) 剖析毫釐 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 — count: 4
- 惜毫厘 (惜毫釐) 臣是用深惜毫釐 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 — count: 3
- 毫厘略 (毫釐略) 毫釐略同 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷19上 景穆十二王上 Volume 19a: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 1 — count: 3
- 失毫厘 (失毫釐) 度長短者不失毫釐 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 2
- 在毫厘 (在毫釐) 差在毫釐 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷77 宋翻 辛雄 羊深 楊機 高崇 Volume 77: Song Fan, Xin Xiong, Yang Shen, Yang Ji, Gao Chong — count: 2
- 不爽毫厘 (不爽毫釐) 益知泰人之表不爽毫釐 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷69 列傳第34 王劭 袁充 Volume 69 Biographies 34: Wang Shao, Yuan Chong — count: 2
- 不差毫厘 (不差毫釐) 比之不差毫釐 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface — count: 2