The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.

Interpretation: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Metaphorically, everything starts from scratch, starting from small things, step by step. No matter how difficult it is, as long as you keep on acting, you will achieve something. It means that things start from scratch, start from small things and step by step.

Source: Spring and Autumn Laozi's Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64: Nine-story platform, starting from the soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are nine platforms on each pile of soil; The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.

Usage: subject-predicate type; As predicate and attribute; commendatory term

Synonym: Rome was not built in a day.

The stroke order of each word observed in calligraphy

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Rome was not built in a day

Interpretation: On the surface, it is not a cold day. Metaphor is the formation of a situation, a long-term accumulation and brewing. Everything has its potential and long-standing factors, and it can't be formed suddenly.

Source: A sentence in Wang Chong's Lun Heng Xiang Liu: "The combination of ice and river was not built in a day; It is not necessary to accumulate soil into mountains. "

The freezing of river ice is not caused by a cold day; It's not a matter of time to accumulate soil into mountains.

Usage: compound sentences; As subject and predicate; Metaphor is that the seriousness of the situation is not temporary but long-term.