Be cautious and lose face(jǐn máo shī mào)

Be cautious and lose face

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ǐ nm á OSH ī m à o, originally refers to painting carefully to draw the subtle and unimportant, but ignore the overall appearance. Later, it is used as a metaphor to pay attention to the small while ignoring the big. From Huainanzi shuolinxun.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · shuolinxun" says: "the painter looks down on Mao but loses his appearance."

Idiom usage

It refers to the loss of great things from small things

Analysis of Idioms

Loss of the big from the small

Chinese PinYin : jǐn máo shī mào