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Open the tool →蠹啄剖梁柱,蚊虻走牛羊 (dù zhuó pōu liáng zhù , wén méng zǒu niú yáng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Neglecting minor harmful factors can lead to major disasters”.
蠹啄剖梁柱,蚊虻走牛羊 is pronounced dù zhuó pōu liáng zhù , wén méng zǒu niú yáng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蠹啄剖梁柱,蚊虻走牛羊 means “Woodworms peck and split beams and pillars; mosquitoes and gadflies drive away cattle and sheep”. It is used to mean “Neglecting minor harmful factors can lead to major disasters”.
蠹:蛀虫;剖:破开;虻:蚊虫。蛀虫能毁坏梁柱,蚊虻可以赶走牛羊。比喻忽视微小的有害因素就会产生大的祸患