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水滴石穿 (seoi2 dik6 sek6 cyun1) — persistent effort overcomes any difficulty (lit., "dripping water wears away stone") in Cantonese

seoiˊ²水dikˍ₆滴sekˍ₆石cyunˉ¹穿
Mandarin Pinyin: shui3 di1 shi2 chuan1

Meaning of 水滴石穿

nounpersistent effort overcomes any difficulty (lit., "dripping water wears away stone")

Characters in 水滴石穿

水seoi2
extra charge/income
滴dik6
drip; dripping
石sek6
stone; rock
穿cyun1
wear; put on; be dressed in

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