a combination of insignificant efforts can work miracles(qún qīng zhé zhóu)

a combination of insignificant efforts can work miracles

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ú NQ ī ngzh é zh ó u, which means that the accumulation of light things can also crush the axle; it means that letting small bad things develop can also cause serious consequences. It comes from Wei ceyi.

The origin of Idioms

Wei ceyi, the Warring States policy, said: "I wish the king would be familiar with the plan."

Idiom usage

A little trouble can lead to a great disaster. example group of light folding axis, sink into the yellow spring, numerous people fly to the sky. Li Bai, Tang Dynasty

Idiom story

According to records, during the Warring States period, princes dominated the world. People of insight put forward two kinds of ideas, that is, "he Zong" and "Lian Heng". The former advocates that the weak countries unite to fight against the strong Qin, while the latter advocates that the weak countries follow Qin to conquer other weak countries. At that time, the alliance between Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Wei and Zhao was very strong. When Zhang Yi, the Prime Minister of Qin, found out, she resigned and came to Wei, ready to persuade the king of Wei to withdraw from the alliance. Zhang Yi won the trust of King Wei Xiang and was appointed prime minister. However, King Wei Xiang had his own ideas. He knew that the state of Qin had great ambition and was not faithful, so he did not want to unite with the state of Qin. The king of Qin was very angry when he heard about it. On the one hand, he sent a large army to attack Wei, and on the other hand, he sent people to secretly donate Zhang Yi's treasure. Four years later, Wei Xiang died and his son ai wang succeeded him. Zhang Yi also persuaded Wei ai wang to take refuge in the state of Qin, which was also rejected. Zhang Yi secretly asked the state of Qin to attack the state of Wei. The state of Wei was defeated. The next year, the state of Wei was defeated by the state of Qi in guanjin (now Southeast of Wuyi, Hebei). Qin took advantage of the opportunity to attack Wei. They first beat the army of South Korean general Shen Chai, which shocked other vassals. The failure of the state of Wei led to a rift in the relationship between the two countries. Zhang Yi took advantage of this situation to persuade ai wang to attach himself to Qin state. Starting from the analysis of the geographical situation, military strength, current situation, and the unreliability of the "longitudinal" agreement of Wei state, he finally uses the metaphor of "accumulating feathers and sinking boats, and folding the axis lightly", and points out that if the state of Wei ignores these unfavorable factors, it will be like a large number of light feathers can sink a big ship, and it will be in danger of collapse; if there are too many light things, it can also crush the axle. Finally, King AI of Wei obeyed Zhang Yi's advice, deviated from the "joint vertical" agreement, and asked for "Lianheng" with the state of Qin.

Chinese PinYin : qún qīng zhé zhóu