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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「累土聚沙」.

The idiom 「累土聚沙」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

A metaphor for accumulation and gathering.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lèi tǔ jù shā

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leui6 tou2 jeui6 sa1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.