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小洞不堵,大洞吃苦

xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. a stitch in time saves nine