因噎廢食

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	choke	abolish; crippled	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (因噎廢食)		因	噎	廢	食
simp. (因噎废食)		因	噎	废	食
Literally: “to not eat because of [fear or experience of] choking”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyēfèishí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄝㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīnyēfèishí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄝㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniefeyshy
  - IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ i̯ɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶
  - Yale: yān yit fai sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jit⁸ fai³ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yid³ fei³ xig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jiːt̚³ fɐi̯³³ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

因噎廢食

to avoid something essential because of a slight risk of making a mistake

Synonyms

見噎廢食／见噎废食
以噎廢飧／以噎废飧

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