Translation

• sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom)
• by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
• many a mickle makes a muckle

Synonyms

• 千里之行始于足下, 始于足下, 日就月将, 日积月累, 涓滴成溪, 积久, 积少成多, 积弱积贫, 积羽沉舟, 积铢累寸, 群轻折轴, 铢积寸累, 集腋成裘