集腋成裘

Chinese

		to gather; to collect; collected works	armpit	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	fur; fur coat
trad. (集腋成裘)		集	腋	成	裘
simp. #(集腋成裘)		集	腋	成	裘
Literally: “collect underarm fur (of a fox) to make a fur coat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíyèchéngqiú, jíyìchéngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ jik⁶ sing⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíyèchéngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíyèchéngcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-yeh⁴-chʻêng²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: jí-yè-chéng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyehcherngchyou
    • Palladius: цзиечэнцю (cziječɛncju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíyìchéngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíyìchéngcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-i⁴-chʻêng²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: jí-yì-chéng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyihcherngchyou
    • Palladius: цзиичэнцю (cziičɛncju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ jik⁶ sing⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: jaahp yihk sìhng kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ jik⁹ sing⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ yig⁶ xing⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² jɪk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

集腋成裘

1. many small contributions add up to something big; many a mickle makes a muckle