积土成山 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain
• fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions

Character by character

• 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
• 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
• 山shānmountain, hill, peak

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
• 积少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō
• 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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