千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué

คำจำกัดความ

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

คำย่อยของ 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 千 qiān: thousand
• 堤 dī: dike
• 于 yú: (of time or place) in; at; on
• 里 lǐ: lining
• 千里 qiān lǐ: a thousand miles
• 溃 huì: Taiwan pr. [kuì]
• 溃 kuì: (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
• 穴 xué: cave
• 蚁 yǐ: ant