锲而不舍 — Chinese idiom
锲而不舍
qiè ér bù shě
Traditional: 鍥而不捨
Meaning
- to chip away at a task and not abandon it ; to chisel away at sth
- to persevere
- unflagging efforts
Character by character
- 锲qièsickle; to cut, to carve, to engrave
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 舍shěhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一哄而散 yī hōng ér sàn
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
- 一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī
- 一概而论 yī gài ér lùn
- 一炮而红 yī pào ér hóng
- 一蹴而就 yī cù ér jiù
- 一饮而尽 yī yǐn ér jìn
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 不劳而获 bù láo ér huò
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