"If you don't accumulate, you can't take Wan Li Road; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. "
The meaning of this poem is:
If you don't accumulate bit by bit, you can't reach thousands of miles away; Without accumulating small streams, great rivers and seas cannot be formed.
This poem emphasizes the importance of accumulation and persistence. It warns people to start from small things and accumulate efforts and progress bit by bit in order to achieve greater achievements. Just like when you don't study when you are young, you have nothing to rely on when you are old. If you don't study hard and accumulate in your daily life, you can't achieve greater success and achievements in the future.
This poem has the same meaning as "Don't learn what to do when you are young", and both emphasize that you should study hard and accumulate well when you are young, so that you can achieve something in the future. They all convey a similar truth, that is, we should cherish time and start from small things to lay a solid foundation for the future.