因噎废食(yīn yē fèi shí): lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 因噎廢食
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yīn yē fèi shí
- Meaning
- lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 因噎廢食
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