失之豪厘 (失之豪釐) shī zhī háo lí

shī zhī háo lí phrase to make a very small mistake
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Notes: Quote: from Chapter 19 立元神 Establishment of the Primal Spirit in Scroll 6 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 202)