精诚所至,金石为开
Traditional form:
精誠所至,金石為開
Pinyin (reading):
jīngchéngsuǒzhì,jīnshíwèikāi
Definitions:
- lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)
- fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere
Characters:
- 精 - essence, germ, spirit
- 诚 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
- 至 - reach, arrive; very, extremely
- 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
- 至 - reach, arrive; very, extremely
- 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