积土成山

积土成山
chéngshān

lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)

    • Accumulated earth becomes a mountain, and from it wind and rain arise.

  2. noun

    fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions

    • Soil accumulated becomes a mountain, and wind and rain arise from it.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Accumulation is gathering one grain of rice at a time until the granary is full.

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