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
simp. and trad. (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíyèchéngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyehcherngchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíyìchéngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyihcherngchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaap⁶ jik⁶ sing⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: jaahp yihk sìhng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ jik⁹ sing⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ yig⁶ xing⁴ keo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡säːp̚² jɪk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

集腋成裘

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

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