| 因 |
yīn yē fèi shí | lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk |
| 因 |
yīn | old variant of 因 |
| 因 |
yīn | cause / reason / because |
| 噎 |
yē | to choke (on) / to choke up / to suffocate |
| 废 |
fèi | to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste |
| 废 |
fèi | variant of 废 / disabled |
| 食 |
shí | to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì | to feed (a person or animal) |