添磚加瓦
tiān​zhuān​jiā​wǎ

to do one's bit

  • created sense approved 添砖加瓦/添磚加瓦 · tiān​zhuān​jiā​wǎ · to do one's bit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    添砖加瓦 / 添磚加瓦

    tiān​zhuān​jiā​wǎ

    to do one's bit

    literally meaning to contribute bricks and tiles for a building; used to describe contributing one's modest efforts toward a larger cause or project

    添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick 加 (literal) → 加 · jiā · to add 瓦 (literal) → 瓦 · wǎ · tile

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

    created sense