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Open the tool →猿穴坏山 (yuán xué huài shān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a small oversight or neglected minor problem can lead to a major catastrophe”.
猿穴坏山 is pronounced yuán xué huài shān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 猿穴坏山 means “Ape's hole destroys mountain”. It is used to mean “a small oversight or neglected minor problem can lead to a major catastrophe”.
比喻小事不注意,就会造成大灾祸。