蠹众木折 — “Numerous borers break the wood”
蠹众木折 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Numerous detrimental factors can accumulate and lead to a collapse or disaster”. Literally, “Numerous borers break the wood”.
蠹众木折 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 蠹
- dù蠹shū书chóng虫pedantic bookworm lacking practical understanding
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- dù蠹zhuó啄pōu剖liáng梁zhù柱nip a potential problem in the bud
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- dù蠹guó国hài害mín民exploit the state and harm the people
- dù蠹guó国yāng殃mín民undermine the country and harm the people
- dù蠹guó国cán残mín民exploit populace and undermine common good
- dù蠹guó国bìng病mín民Corrupt the country and harm the people
- dù蠹guó国hào耗mín民harm the state and its people
- dù蠹jū居qí棊chǔ处deeply entrenched and widely dispersed harmful elements
- dù蠹jū居qí棋chǔ处bad elements widely distributed and entrenched
- dù蠹zhèng政hài害mín民corrupt governance, harm people
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What does 蠹众木折 mean?
蠹众木折 (dù zhòng mù zhé) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Numerous detrimental factors can accumulate and lead to a collapse or disaster”.
How do you pronounce 蠹众木折?
蠹众木折 is pronounced dù zhòng mù zhé in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 蠹众木折 literally mean?
Literally, 蠹众木折 means “Numerous borers break the wood”. It is used to mean “Numerous detrimental factors can accumulate and lead to a collapse or disaster”.
What is the Chinese definition of 蠹众木折?
蛀虫多了，木头就要折断。比喻不利的因素多了，就能造成灾祸。