many sand piled up will make a mountain

many sand piled up will make a mountain

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī t ǔǔ ch é ngsh ā n, which means that more soil can become a mountain. It means that success in business comes from little by little, little by little, big by little. It comes from Xunzi's persuasion.

The origin of Idioms

Xun Kuang's Xunzi · quanxue: "if you accumulate soil to form a mountain, wind and rain will flourish; if you accumulate water to form an abyss, Jiaolong will flourish."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object, clause and metaphor.