粵

因jan1噎jit3廢fai3食sik6

simp因噎废食
jan1 jit3 fai3 sik6yīn yē fèi shí

English

  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

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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