积少成多 — Chinese idiom
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
Traditional: 積少成多
Meaning
- many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
Character by character
- 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 少shǎofew, little; less; inadequate
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
Idioms sharing a character
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 堆积如山 duī jī rú shān
- 积不相能 jī bù xiāng néng
- 积劳成疾 jī láo chéng jí
- 积土成山 jī tǔ chéng shān
- 积年累月 jī nián lěi yuè
- 积恶余殃 jī è yú yāng
- 积于忽微 jī yú hū wēi
- 积习难改 jī xí nán gǎi
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