聚沙成塔

jù shā chéng tǎ

Dictionary entry

(lit.) many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom)

What does 聚沙成塔 mean?

聚沙成塔 (jù shā chéng tǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom)

2(fig.) many little things add up to sth great

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聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive) · (chemistry) poly-沙Shāsurname Sha 成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]塔tǎpagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]) · (loanword) (pastry) tart

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jù shā chéng tǎ

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