愚公移山 — Chinese idiom
愚公移山
yú gōng yí shān
Meaning
- the old man moves mountains ; fig. where there's a will, there's a way
Character by character
- 愚yústupid, foolish
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 移yíto shift, to move about, to drift
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
Idioms sharing a character
- 大智如愚 dà zhì rú yú
- 大智若愚 dà zhì ruò yú
- 愚昧无知 yú mèi wú zhī
- 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
- 克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 公事公办 gōng shì gōng bàn
- 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
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