勿以善小而不為

See also: 勿以善小而不为

Chinese

		do not	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	good	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (勿以善小而不為/勿以善小而不爲)		勿	以	善	小	而	不	為/爲
simp. (勿以善小而不为)		勿	以	善	小	而	不	为

Etymology

A quote from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù yǐ shàn xiǎo ér bù wéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ ji⁵ sin⁶ siu² ji⁴ bat¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù yǐ shàn xiǎo ér bù wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù yǐ shàn siǎo ér bù wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴ i³ shan⁴ hsiao³ êrh² pu⁴ wei²
    • Yale: wù yǐ shàn syǎu ér bù wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh yii shann sheau erl bu wei
    • Palladius: у и шань сяо эр бу вэй (u i šanʹ sjao er bu vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ ji⁵ sin⁶ siu² ji⁴ bat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: maht yíh sihn síu yìh bāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ ji⁵ sin⁶ siu² ji⁴ bat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yi⁵ xin⁶ xiu² yi⁴ bed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jiː¹³ siːn²² siːu̯³⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Proverb

勿以善小而不為

1. Do not fail to carry out an act of kindness just because it is small in scale.

Related terms

• 勿以惡小而為之／勿以恶小而为之 (wù yǐ è xiǎo ér wéi zhī)