A small discrepancy leads to a great error.A minimal error results in wild divergence.An error the breadth of a single hair can lead you a thousand li astray.One false move may lose the game.The slighest divergence leads one far astray.To diverge the slightest fraction will mean an error of a thousand li.
Related Translations:
失之毫厘: a miss is as good as a milea near neighbor is better than a distant cousin
失之毫厘谬以千里: a small discrepancy leads to a great error
