Jyut Dictionary
Online Dictionary
Resources
Download
About
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
Search
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
滴
水
穿
石
[----]
Jyutping
dik6 seoi2 cyun1 sek6
Pinyin
dī shuǐ chuān shí
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
滴水穿石。
滴水穿石。
dī shuǐ chuān shí 。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.