千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
Meaning
(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
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千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very丿十里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane田土之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶堤dīdike土是溃kuìa flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse氵贵于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!二亅蚁yǐant虫义穴xuécave, den, hole宀八