Chinese
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!cause; reason; because
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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
!to lose; to miss; to fail
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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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!simp. and trad.
(因小失大)
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Idiom
因小失大
- to save a little only to lose a lot