jan1 jit3 fai3 sik6因噎廢食因噎废食
Jyutpingjan1 jit3 fai3 sik6
Yaleyān yit fai sihk
Definition
To avoid doing something essential because of the risk of minor complications; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
