不到黄河心不死
Traditional form:
不到黃河心不死
Pinyin (reading):
bùdào Huáng Héxīnbùsǐ
Definitions:
- lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- to keep going while some hope is left
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 到 - to go to, to arrive
- 黄 - yellow; surname
- 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
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