千里之堤,毁于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué

see 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴|千里之堤,溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2]

千

qiān

used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

里

lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

堤

dī

variant of 堤[di1]

,

,

毁

huǐ

variant of 毀|毁[hui3]

于

yú

(of time or place) in; at; on

蚁

yǐ

ant

穴

xué

cave