聚沙成塔

sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle

jù = ju + Ø4

to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize

shā = sh + a1

granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

tǎ = t + a3

pagoda / tower / minaret / stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) / CL:座[zuo4]

tǎ = t + a3

old variant of 塔[ta3]

聚沙成塔 is not used as a component in another word.

聚沙成塔 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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