集腋成裘 — Chinese idiom
集腋成裘
jí yè chéng qiú
Meaning
- many hairs make a fur coat ; many small contributions add up to sth big
- many a mickle makes a muckle
Character by character
- 集jíto gather, to collect; set, collection
- 腋yèarmpit
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 裘qiúfur coat; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 集思广益 jí sī guǎng yì
- 鸾翔凤集 luán xiáng fèng jí
- 变生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn
- 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
- 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
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