积土成山

jī tǔ chéng shān

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions

Example Sentences

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积土成山 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 11071279)

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Child Words of 积土成山

土
tǔ

earth

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

成
chéng

to succeed

积
jī

to amass