yī​zhuān​yī​wǎ

every brick and tile

  • created sense approved 一砖一瓦/一磚一瓦 · yī​zhuān​yī​wǎ · every brick and tile — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一砖一瓦 / 一磚一瓦

    yī​zhuān​yī​wǎ

    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

    created sense