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一念之差

Mandarin · pinyin yī niàn zhī chā

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
念: niàn · think of, recall, study
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
差: chà · chā · to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

1–4–1–1 · yi1 nian4 zhi1 cha1

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

jat1 nim6 zi1 caa1

Cantonese word readings for 一念之差. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

jat1 nim6 zi1 caa1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) the difference caused by a single thought; momentary slip; ill-considered action