(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
trad. 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴
Also written 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴【qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué】
Characters in this word
8千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
堤
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dike, Taiwan pr. [ti2]
- Pinyin
- dī
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 22971 of 2500
溃
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used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2], Taiwan pr. [kui4]
- Pinyin
- huì
- Traditional
- 潰
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 32809 of 2500
于
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 631 of 2500
蚁
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ant
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 蟻
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 27716 of 2500
穴
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cave, cavity, hole, acupuncture point, Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- Pinyin
- xué
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27078 of 2500