- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- fig. to do one's bit to help
Characters
- 添 (添): to add; to increase; to replenish
- 砖 (塼): variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]
- 加 (加): Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 瓦 (瓦): roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 添砖加瓦
- MDBG: 添砖加瓦
- Examples with 添砖加瓦 on Tatoeba
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