燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn​zi​xián​ní​lěi​dà​wō

many a little makes a mickle

  • created sense approved 燕子衔泥垒大窝/燕子銜泥壘大窩 · yàn​zi​xián​ní​lěi​dà​wō · many a little makes a mickle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燕子衔泥垒大窝 / 燕子銜泥壘大窩

    yàn​zi​xián​ní​lěi​dà​wō

    many a little makes a mickle

    (idiom) a swallow builds its nest one beakful of mud at a time; persistence and steady effort lead to great achievements

    燕子 (literal) → 燕子 · yàn​zi · swallow 衔 (literal) → 衔/銜 · xián · to hold in the mouth 泥 (literal) → 泥 · ní · mud 垒 (literal) → 垒/壘 · lěi · to build up 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 窝 (literal) → 窝/窩 · wō · nest

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

    created sense