添砖加瓦 — Chinese idiom
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
Traditional: 添磚加瓦
Meaning
- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building
- fig. to do one's bit to help
Character by character
- 添tiānto add, to append, to increase, to replenish
- 砖zhuāntile, brick
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 瓦wǎtile; pottery, earthenware
Idioms sharing a character
- 如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì
- 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù
- 画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú
- 锦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù
- 搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo
- 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
- 加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué
- 加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù
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