绳子总在细处断繩子總在細處斷繩子總在細處斷

a rope always breaks at its thin part

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Weak links are where things go wrong. Like 'a chain is only as strong as its weakest link'.

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Simplified: 绳子总在细处断
Traditional (Taiwan): 繩子總在細處斷
Pinyin: shéngzi zǒng zài xì chǔduàn
Bopomofo: ㄕㄥˊ ˙ㄗㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄔㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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