qiān​lǐ​zhī​dī​huǐ​yú​yǐ​xué

a slight oversight can lead to disaster

Senses

千里之堤,毁于蚁穴/ 千里之堤,毀於蟻穴 qiān​lǐ​zhī​dī​huǐ​yú​yǐ​xué a slight oversight can lead to disaster

literally meaning a thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole; used to describe how a tiny mistake or a small amount of negligence can cause a huge catastrophe

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