积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 積少成多
Small amounts add up to a lot over time. Used to encourage saving money, learning a few words a day, or any steady small effort.
Gom góp từng chút một, lâu dần sẽ thành nhiều. Dùng để khuyên tiết kiệm, học mỗi ngày một ít hay kiên trì làm từng việc nhỏ.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tích thiểu thành đa” (tich-thieu-thanh-da). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “积少成多” mean?
Small amounts add up to a lot over time. Used to encourage saving money, learning a few words a day, or any steady small effort. Literally: pile up little, become much
Is “积少成多” formal or informal?
积少成多 is generally neutral.