many a little make a mickle

many a little make a mickle

The Chinese idiom, pronounced J ī sh ǎ och é ngdu ō, refers to the accumulation of a small amount of things, can become a huge number. It comes from the biography of Dong Zhongshu in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourth chapter of Qin CE in the Warring States period, it is said that "the accumulation of thin is thick, and the accumulation of less is more." In the biography of Dong Zhongshu in the book of Han Dynasty, "a little makes a lot, a little makes a big."

Idiom usage

It is used for the gradual accumulation of things. In fact, it is very limited for a person to make a knife or a spoon. However, a little makes a lot of money, and this account is hard to calculate, not to mention over the years. ——Twenty ninth chapter of the strange situation witnessed in twenty years