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many a mickle makes a muckle, small things together become a large thing; literally dust, if piled up, becomes a mountain
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塵も積もれば山となる
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Source Word
塵も積もれば山となる
Hiragana
ちりもつもればやまとなる
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
小さな努力や少しずつの蓄積でも、集まれば大きな成果や結果になるというたとえ。 / 一見取るに足りないものでも、数が増えれば無視できない存在になるという教え。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ちいさなことやすこしのものでもたくさんあつまると大きな力やけっかになるということ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
积少成多。 / 微小事物积累起来也能成大成果。 / 尘土积久也成山。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
積少成多 / 聚沙成塔 / 細微累積可成大事
Korean Meaning
티끌 모아 태산 / 작은 것이 모이면 큰 것이 된다 / 작은 노력도 모이면 큰 성과로 이어진다
Vietnamese Meaning
Tích tiểu thành đại / Góp gió thành bão / Những điều nhỏ tích lũy sẽ thành lớn
Tagalog Meaning
Kapag naipon ang maliliit na bagay, nagiging malaki. / Kaunti-kaunti, sa kalaunan, nagiging malaki. / Ang alikabok, kapag naipon, nagiging bundok.
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many a mickle makes a muckle, small things together become a large thing; literally dust, if piled up, becomes a mountain
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