千里之堤，毁于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué

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1. see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué]

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Child Words of 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 千 千 qiān: thousand
• 堤 堤 dī: dike
• 于 于 yú: (of time or place) in; at; on
• 毁 毁 huǐ: to destroy; to ruin
• 里 里 lǐ: lining
• 千里 千里 qiān lǐ: a thousand miles
• 穴 穴 xué: cave
• 蚁 蚁 yǐ: ant