yú​gōng​yí​shān HSK7

where there's a will, there's a way

Senses

愚公移山 yú​gōng​yí​shān where there's a will, there's a way

the old man moves the mountains; used to describe a person with great perseverance who is undeterred by hardships. The idiom refers to a fable in 列子 liè​zǐ about an old man who was determined to level the mountains blocking his door; his sincerity eventually moved the gods to remove them.

References

see 愚公移山/愚公移山 列子/列子
see 愚公/愚公 愚公移山/愚公移山