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九
きゅう
層
そう
の
台
うてな
は
累
るい
土
ど
より
起
お
こる
Meanings
Expression
Obscure
Proverb
1. many a little makes a mickle; every little helps;
(lit.)
the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる
Kanji used
九
nine
層
layer
台
pedestal
累
successive
土
earth
起
to occur
Composed of
九
きゅう
nine; 9
層
そう
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
台
うてな
tower; stand; pedestal; calyx
累
るい
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
土
ど
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
起
お
こ
る
to occur; to happen