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因噎废食

yīn​yē​fèi​shí

to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

Definitions

因噎废食 (因噎廢食) 

yīn​yē​fèi​shí

lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.0320% of movies

66508th most common word in movies

42402nd most common word in books

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