千里之堤，毀於蟻穴

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]

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

dike / Taiwan pr. [ti2]

variant of 堤[di1]

to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander

to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander

surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]

(literary) Oh! / Ah!

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

ant

cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]