泥多佛大
ní​duō​fó​dà

greater investment or foundations lead to greater results

  • created sense approved 泥多佛大 · ní​duō​fó​dà · greater investment or foundations lead to greater results — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泥多佛大

    ní​duō​fó​dà

    greater investment or foundations lead to greater results

    literally the more mud used, the bigger the Buddha statue; metaphorically, the more resources, people, or effort invested, the greater the yield or achievement will be

    泥 (literal) → 泥 · ní · mud 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 佛 (literal) → 佛 · fó · Buddha image 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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