小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán

A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny
洞 dòng HSK 5
cave; hole
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
堵 dǔ HSK 4
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)
沉 chén HSK 5
to sink; heavy; deep
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
船 chuán HSK 3
boat; ship; vessel