小洞不堵沉大船 in English xiao3 dong4 bu4 du3 chen2 da4 chuan2 Meaning

Meanings

• A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.

Pinyin

xiao3 dong4 bu4 du3 chen2 da4 chuan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

小xiao3small 洞dong4cave 不bu4(negative prefix) 堵du3to block up (a road, pipe etc) 沉chen2see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1] 大da4big 船chuan2variant of 船[chuan2]