A tiny drop of water falling down, the water radical evokes the image of a small liquid substance.
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滴水石穿
滴水石穿
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
- ，。
Water dripping on stone will eventually wear it away, which is not the work of a single day.
- 貳
You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
- 參形adjective
Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- ，。
Dripping water pierces stone, and a rope saw cuts through wood.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; gap)RADICAL
- 牙(tooth)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your teeth to bite through a cave or hole – that's how to remember the character for piercing through.
滴水石穿
Traditional滴
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
- ，。
Water dripping on stone will eventually wear it away, which is not the work of a single day.
- 貳
You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
- 參形adjective
Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- ，。
Dripping water pierces stone, and a rope saw cuts through wood.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; gap)RADICAL
- 牙(tooth)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your teeth to bite through a cave or hole – that's how to remember the character for piercing through.
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