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積土成山

简积土成山 · 繁積土成山

Mandarin · pinyin jī tǔ chéng shān

lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
积: jī · accumulate, store up, amass

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1–3–2–1 · ji1 tu3 cheng2 shan1

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