"千里の道も一歩より始まる" meaning in Japanese

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Proverb

Forms: 千里の道も一歩より始まる [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (), (みち), (いっ), (), (はじ)), senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru [romanization]
Etymology: Partial calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行,始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”). The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 千里之道,自一步始. Etymology templates: {{partial calque|ja|lzh|千里之行,始於足下|lit=a road of a thousand li begins with a step}} Partial calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行,始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”), {{lang|zh|千里之道,自一步始}} 千里之道,自一步始 Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|せんり の みち も いっぽ より はじまる|head=千里の道も一歩より始まる}} 千(せん)里(り)の道(みち)も一(いっ)歩(ぽ)より始(はじ)まる • (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru)
  1. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Synonyms: 千里の行も足下に始まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru) (ruby: 千里(せんり), (こう), 足下(そっか), (はじ)), 千里の道も一歩から (senri no michi mo ippo kara) (ruby: 千里(せんり), (みち), 一歩(いっぽ))
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