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因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
What 因噎废食 means
- 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
The characters in 因噎废食
- 因yīncause; reason; because
- 噎yēto choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate
- 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
- 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
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