gather in little knots
Zan San Ji Wu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Cu á ns ā NJ í w ǔ, which means to gather in piles or groups. It's from Bing Xin's to the little readers.
The origin of Idioms
Bing Xin's "to little readers" 11: "I remember last night when those children took the gift, gathered together, concentrated, and opened the package layer by layer."
Idiom usage
To come together in three, three, five, five
Chinese PinYin : cuán sān jí wǔ
gather in little knots
look for a needle in a bottle of hay. dà hǎi lāo zhēn
To lead a stranger by a stranger. yǐ gǔ yǐn gǔ
alternate leniency with severity. kuān měng xiāng jì
create all sorts of obstacles. bǎi bān diāo nàn