created sense approved 一砖一瓦/一磚一瓦 · yīzhuānyīwǎ · every brick and tile — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
一砖一瓦 / 一磚一瓦
yīzhuānyīwǎ
every brick and tile
literally a single brick and a single tile; refers to small or ordinary things that make up a whole, often used to describe building something from the ground up or having deep feelings for a place
一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 瓦 (literal) → 瓦 · wǎ · tile
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition