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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 滴水穿石
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 滴水穿石 | dī shuǐ chuān shí | - 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. |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 85,508 | 94,525 | 48,123 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 滴 | dī | - a drop - to drip |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 穿 | chuān | - to wear - to put on - to dress - to bore through - to pierce - to perforate - to penetrate - to pass through - to thread |
| 石 | shí | - surname Shi - abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei |
| 石 | dàn | - dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters - ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 | shí | - rock - stone - stone inscription - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
Other Words Containing 滴水穿石
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 滴水穿石 | - | - | 85,508 | 94,525 | 48,123 |