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添砖加瓦

tiān zhuān jiā wǎ

4-character word Traditional 添磚加瓦

What 添砖加瓦 means

1. lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
2. fig. to do one's bit to help

The characters in 添砖加瓦

• 添tiānto add; to increase; to replenish
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特

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