- 集腋成裘
- jíyè-chéngqiú[many a little makes a mickle; many little drops of water make an ocean; the finest fragments of fox fur, sewn together, will make a robe; every little makes a mickle] 集积许多狐狸的腋毛而成为裘衣。 比喻集众资以成一事
他这会就去同人家商量, 想趁此机会, 捐个知县班, 果然一齐应允, 也有二百的, 也有一百的, 也有五十的, 居然集腋成裘, 立刻到捐局里, 填了部照出来。 --《官场现形记》
Advanced Chinese dictionary. 2013.