many a little make a mickle(jī xiǎo chéng dà)

many a little make a mickle

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Xi ǎ och é NGD à, which means to accumulate a small amount of things, can become a huge number. It comes from the biography of Dong Zhongshu in the history of Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

A little makes a lot

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Dong Zhongshu in the book of Han Dynasty, "a little makes a lot, a little makes a big."

Idiom usage

A little makes a lot. Example: Volume 90 of "seven signatures of Yunji" by Zhang Junfang of Song Dynasty: "those who are small evils are like accumulating small ones to become great ones; from the micro to the book, they are one evil to all evils, and all of them have disasters."

Chinese PinYin : jī xiǎo chéng dà