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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 失之毫厘,謬以千里 [ㄕ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ , ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ; shi1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , miu4 yi3 qian1 li3]
 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses