因噎废食
因噎廢食Meanings
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- 1.lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 2.to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
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- 1.to avoid something essential because of a slight risk of making a mistake
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Etymology
From Lüshi Chunqiu: : Note that 饐 /𮩞 here was a 通假字 (tōngjiǎzì), which, as per Jiyun, had the same meaning and pronunciation as 噎.
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