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差以毫厘，失之千里 开始时虽然相差很微小，结果会造成很大的错误 礼记·经解》：“《易》曰：‘君子慎始，差若毫厘，缪以千里 Chā  Yǐ  Háo  Lí，Shī  Zhī  Qiān  Lǐ Cyhl 差之毫厘，失之千里 复句式；作宾语、分句；用于强调不能有一丝差错

Cha Yi Hao Li, Shi Zhi Qian Li means that a very small difference at the beginning leads to a huge error. It comes from the 'Book of Rites' concerning 'The Explication of the Book of Changes,' 'A difference of a hair's breadth can lead to a thousand miles of mistakenness.'

差以毫厘，失之千里比喻起始极小差别导致巨大错误，出自《礼记·经解》“差若毫厘，缪以千里。”

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