太山不让土壤
tài​shān​bù​ràng​tǔ​rǎng

greatness is achieved by accumulation

  • created sense approved 太山不让土壤/太山不讓土壤 · tài​shān​bù​ràng​tǔ​rǎng · greatness is achieved by accumulation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太山不让土壤 / 太山不讓土壤

    tài​shān​bù​ràng​tǔ​rǎng

    greatness is achieved by accumulation

    Mount Tai does not turn away any soil; used to describe how a great person or state must be inclusive and gather small things to become truly great

    太 (literal) → 太 · tài · [senior/supreme] 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 不让 (literal) → 不让/不讓 · bù​ràng · to not yield 土壤 (literal) → 土壤 · tǔ​rǎng · soil

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