小作怡情，大作伤身

xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn

Definitions

1. a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

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Child Words of 小作怡情，大作伤身

worker

to do; to engage in

to injure

big; large; great

see 大夫[dài fu]

small

feeling

to be harmful to one's health

your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific)

harmony

body