河海不择细流
hé​hǎi​bù​zé​xì​liú

greatness comes from accumulation

  • created sense approved 河海不择细流/河海不擇細流 · hé​hǎi​bù​zé​xì​liú · greatness comes from accumulation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    河海不择细流 / 河海不擇細流

    hé​hǎi​bù​zé​xì​liú

    greatness comes from accumulation

    rivers and seas do not reject small streams; used to describe how a great person or entity achieves greatness by accepting all people or things regardless of size or significance

    河 (literal) → 河 · hé · river 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 择 (literal) → 择/擇 · zé · to choose 细流 (literal) → 细流/細流 · xì​liú · trickle

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