小不忍则乱大谋

xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu

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Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

Child Words of 小不忍则乱大谋

不
bù

no; not so

乱
luàn

in confusion or disorder

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

小
xiǎo

small

忍
rěn

to bear

不忍
bù rěn

cannot bear to

谋
móu

to plan