积土成山
jī​tǔ​chéng​shān

success through small efforts

  • created reference approved 积土成山/積土成山 → 积少成多/積少成多 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    积土成山 / 積土成山 jī​tǔ​chéng​shān

    积少成多 / 積少成多 jī​shǎo​chéng​duō

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 积土成山/積土成山 · jī​tǔ​chéng​shān · success through small efforts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    积土成山 / 積土成山

    jī​tǔ​chéng​shān

    success through small efforts

    (idiom) piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain; success is the result of accumulating many small actions

    积 (literal) → 积/積 · jī · to accumulate 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

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

    created sense