集腋成裘

jí yè chéng qiú

many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big

many a mickle makes a muckle

集

jí

to gather

腋

yè

armpit

成

chéng

short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]

裘

qiú

fur