精诚所至，金石为开
Traditional: 精誠所至，金石為開Dictionary entry
lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)
What does 精诚所至，金石为开 mean?
精诚所至，金石为开 (jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)
2fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere
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精jīngessence · extract诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic · (literary) really; truly所suǒactually · place至zhìto arrive · most金Jīnsurname Jin · surname Kim (Korean)石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
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