- sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
- many a mickle makes a muckle
Characters
- 聚 (聚): to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- 沙 (沙): surname Sha
- 成 (成): surname Cheng
- 塔 (塔): pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo); CL:座[zuo4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 聚沙成塔
- MDBG: 聚沙成塔
- Examples with 聚沙成塔 on Tatoeba
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