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積少成多

简积少成多 · 繁積少成多

Mandarin · pinyin jī shǎo chéng duō

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1–3–2–1 · ji1 shao3 cheng2 duo1

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zik1 siu2 sing4 do1

Cantonese word readings for 積少成多. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

zik1 siu2 sing4 do1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to accumulate little by little; many small things add to something great