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

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

小 xiǎo small, tiny, insignificant
作 zuò make; work; compose, write; act, perform
怡 yí harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad
情 qíng feeling, sentiment, emotion
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
作 zuò make; work; compose, write; act, perform
伤 shāng wound, injury; fall ill from
身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158