one ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke—slight negligence may lead to great disaster
? 你真是個(gè)馬大哈，要記住，～。You’re a typical scatterbrain.You’ve got to remember that a great dyke may be destroyed by a hole of ants.
千里之堤，潰于蟻穴qian li zhi di,kui yu yi xue
one ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke—slight negligence may lead to great disaster
千里之堤，潰于蟻穴
one ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke;a small leak will sink a huge ship; slight negligence may lead to great disaster
～，如…訪臺(tái)，將為臺(tái)在…政府恪守的一個(gè)中國政策上打開缺口，將會(huì)產(chǎn)生嚴(yán)重后果和惡劣影響。As a Chinese saying goes，“A single ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousandli dyke”.If… should visit Taiwan,it would enable Taiwan to sabotage the one China policy pursued by the…government and cause grave consequences and pernicious repercussions.