heaped up earth becomes a mountain

heaped up earth becomes a mountain

It is a Chinese idiom with the pronunciation of t ǔ R ǎ NGX ì Li ú, which refers to trivial things. It comes from the biography of lislie in historical records.

Idiom explanation

A metaphor for a trivial thing.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian's biography of Li siliezhuan in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty said: "it is because the Taishan mountain does not allow the soil to grow, it can become large; the river and sea do not choose the small flow, so it can be deep."

Idiom usage

As an object; as a metaphor for small things

Examples

In the revolution of 1911, the organization of various groups in the Republic of China, it is said that "it is a little bit more than the theory of a small stream of earth."