Entry
因噎廢食
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
因 噎 廢 食
Miscellaneous
Traditional
因噎廢食
Simplified
因噎废食
Pinyin
yin1 ye1 fei4 shi2
English
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
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