聚沙成塔
Chinese
to accumulate sand grains; to learn Buddhism | finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
pagoda; tower | ||
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trad. (聚沙成塔) | 聚沙 | 成 | 塔 | |
simp. #(聚沙成塔) | 聚沙 | 成 | 塔 | |
Literally: “sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄕㄚ ㄔㄥˊ ㄊㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyùshachéngtǎ
- Wade–Giles: chü4-sha1-chʻêng2-tʻa3
- Yale: jyù-shā-chéng-tǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhshacherngtaa
- Palladius: цзюйшачэнта (czjujšačɛnta)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zeoi6 saa1 sing4 taap3
- Yale: jeuih sā sìhng taap
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey6 saa1 sing4 taap8
- Guangdong Romanization: zêu6 sa1 xing4 tab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵy̯²² saː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ tʰaːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 聚沙成塔
- by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity, many a mickle makes a muckle