Ant colony breaks the dyke(qún yǐ kuì dī)

Ant colony breaks the dyke

The Chinese idiom, Q ú NY ǐ Ku ì D ī, means that a small ant cave can break a dike. It means that small loopholes can lead to great disasters. From Han Feizi Yu Zhi.

Idiom usage

Although the first emperor is sacred, the people are small. The reason why the feet are cold and sad, and the people's grievances hurt the country, can there be no day when the ants break the dyke? On the history of Chinese revolution by Chen Tianhua in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Han Feizi Yu Zhi" said: "the dike of a thousand feet is broken by the hole of mole ants."

Chinese PinYin : qún yǐ kuì dī