小作怡情，大作伤身 xiǎo zuò yí qíng ， dà zuò shāng shēn

a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny
作 zuò HSK 1
to do; to write or compose; writings or works
怡 yí
pleased; harmony
情 qíng HSK 2
feeling; emotion; situation
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
作 zuò HSK 1
to do; to write or compose; writings or works
伤 shāng HSK 4
to injure; injury; wound
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally