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水滴石穿

shuǐ dī shí chuān

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

水滴石穿 (shuǐ dī shí chuān) means "dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try h". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 水滴石穿 means

1. dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
2. You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
3. Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.

The characters in 水滴石穿

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel)…

Example sentences

• 水滴石穿。
  Constant dripping wears away a stone.

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