Accumulation per inch

Accumulation per inch

Zhu cunji, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ū C ù NL ě ij ī, which means to accumulate bit by bit. It's often used to describe things that are not easy to accomplish. It is the same as "accumulating every inch". It comes from the epitaph of Zhou Weng.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Wan of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the epitaph of Zhou Weng: "Weng cuts his clothes and shrinks his food in order to recover his old place."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: Zhu jicunji, Zhu jisiji, Zhu jicuji

Idiom usage

A little makes a lot