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千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué

9-character word Traditional 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴

What 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 means

1. (lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
2. (fig.) huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

The characters in 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

• 千qiānthousand
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 堤dīdike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 蚁yǐant
• 穴xuécave; cavity; hole