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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「蠹眾木折」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

If there are too many termites, the wood will break. It is a metaphor that too many unfavorable factors can lead to disaster.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dù zhòng mù shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou3 jung3 muk6 jit3

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