小作怡情，大作傷身 [－－－－－－－伤－]

Jyutping
Pinyin xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    小作怡情，大作伤身。
    小作怡情，大作傷身。
    xiǎo zuō yí qíng ， dà zuō shāng shēn ．
    • (saying) A small degree of pretentiousness lightens the heart, but a great degree of it harms the body.