小不忍則亂大謀 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 小不忍则乱大谋 xiǎobùrěnzéluàndàmóu ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄡˊ great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience idiom Character by character 小(xiǎo)small 不(bù)no 忍(rěn)bear 則(zé)then 亂(luàn)in confusion or disorder 大(dà)big 謀(móu)plan A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0