愚公移山 — Chinese idiom

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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