精诚所至,金石为开 (精誠所至,金石為開)
jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi
Pinyin
Definition
精诚所至,金石为开 (精誠所至,金石為開)
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- lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks
- With a will, you can achieve anything.
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 actually
- 2 place
- 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
- 4 that which
- 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive
- 6 classifier: 个 gè
- 1 therefore
- 2 as a result
- 3 so
- 4 the reason why
- 1 all
- 2 to have
- 3 to possess
- 4 to own
- 1 so-called
- 2 what is called
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)