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添磚加瓦
简 添砖加瓦 · 繁 添磚加瓦Mandarin · pinyin tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
Meanings
- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- fig. to do one's bit to help
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1–1–1–3 · tian1 zhuan1 jia1 wa3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tim1 zyun1 gaa1 ngaa5
Cantonese word readings for 添磚加瓦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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tim1 zyun1 gaa1 ngaa5
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit
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