ant holes may cause the collapse of a dyke
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin D ī Ku ì y ǐ Xu é, means that a small ant nest can break a bank. If you don't pay attention to small things, there will be big trouble. From the book of the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Han Feizi Yu Lao: "a thousand Zhang dike breaks through the hole of mole ants; a hundred Chi treasure burns through the smoke of a sudden gap."
Idiom usage
If you are careless, the dike will collapse. ——Miscellaneous Poems by Wei yingyu of the Three Kingdoms
Idiom story
During the Warring States period, Bai Gui, the Prime Minister of the state of Wei, made great achievements in flood control. He was good at building embankments for flood control, and made frequent inspections. When he found a small hole, even a tiny ant hole, he immediately sent someone to fill it, so as not to let it leak, so as to avoid the gradual expansion of the small hole, burst, and cause major disasters. During Bai Gui's tenure as Wei prime minister, there was no flood in the state of Wei.
ant holes may cause the collapse of a dyke
proud and contemptuous of the work and its ways - qīng shì ào wù
imbued with a spirit that can conquer mountains and rivers - qì tūn shān hé
look , listen , question and feel the pulse -- four ways of diagnosis - wàng wén wèn qiē
Wait for the hare to keep the tree - dài tù shǒu zhū