蠹众木折 — Chinese idiom
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
Traditional: 蠹眾木折
Meaning
- Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
Character by character
- 蠹dùmoth, bookworm; moth-eaten, worm-eaten
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humbl
Idioms sharing a character
- 户枢不蠹 hù shū bù dù
- 蠹国害民 dù guó hài mín
- 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
- 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
- 大庭广众 dà tíng guǎng zhòng
- 妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng
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