lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom); fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere
trad. 精誠所至，金石為開
Also written 精誠所至，金石為開【jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi】
Characters in this word
8精
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essence, extract, vitality, energy, semen, sperm, mythical goblin spirit, highly perfected, elite, the pick of sth, proficient (refined ability), extremely (fine), selected rice (archaic)
- Pinyin
- jīng
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 9150 of 2500
诚
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(bound form) sincere; authentic, (literary) really; truly
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Traditional
- 誠
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 42149 of 2500
所
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actually, place, classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc, that which, particle introducing a relative clause or passive, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- suǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 347 of 2500
至
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to arrive, most, to, until
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2160 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500
石
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surname Shi, abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- Pinyin
- Shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7503 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
开
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500