きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる

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

nine; 9

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

tower; stand; pedestal; calyx

trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

to occur; to happen

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