小不忍则乱大谋

1. • great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

     idiom

Character by character

• 小(xiǎo)small
• 不(bù)no
• 忍(rěn)bear
• 则(zé)then
• 乱(luàn)in confusion or disorder
• 大(dà)big
• 谋(móu)plan