燕子衔泥垒大窝
Traditional form:
燕子銜泥壘大窩
Pinyin (reading):
yànzixiánnílěidàwō
Definitions:
- the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
- many a little makes a mickle
Characters:
- 燕 - lovebird, swallow
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 衔 - rank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth
- 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 垒 - rampart; base (in baseball)
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 窝 - cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
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