蠹众木折
dù​zhòng​mù​zhé

danger comes from many small harms

  • created sense approved 蠹众木折/蠹眾木折 · dù​zhòng​mù​zhé · danger comes from many small harms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蠹众木折 / 蠹眾木折

    dù​zhòng​mù​zhé

    danger comes from many small harms

    Literally "many termites will cause the wood to snap"; an idiom used to warn that danger appears when many harmful factors are allowed to accumulate.

    蠹 (literal) → 蠹 · dù · bookworm 众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · many 木 (literal) → 木 · mù · tree 折 (literal) → 折 · zhé · to break

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