千里之堤，毁于蚁穴

Traditional form:

千里之堤，毀於蟻穴

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlǐzhīdī,huǐyúyǐxué

Definitions:

• see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴／千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 (qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué)

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 堤 - dike
• 毁 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 蚁 - ant
• 穴 - cave, den, hole

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 堤 - dike
• 毀 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 於 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 蟻 - ant
• 穴 - cave, den, hole