Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「堤潰蟻穴」 and its usage.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「堤潰蟻穴」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
A small ant nest can cause a embankment to collapse. It’s a metaphor that if you don’t pay attention to small things, big trouble will arise.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dī kuì yǐ xué
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tai4 kui2 ngai5 yut6
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