精诚所加，金石为开

Traditional form:

精誠所加，金石為開

Pinyin (reading):

jīngchéngsuǒjiā,jīnshíwèikāi

Definitions:

• see 精誠所至，金石為開／精诚所至，金石为开 (jīngchéngsuǒzhì,jīnshíwèikāi)

Characters:

• 精 - essence, germ, spirit
• 诚 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

Traditional characters:

• 精 - essence, germ, spirit
• 誠 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin