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精诚所至，金石为开

jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi

9-character word Traditional 精誠所至，金石為開

What 精诚所至，金石为开 means

1. lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)
2. fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere

The characters in 精诚所至，金石为开

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…