Read Edit View history Discussion 绳锯木断 shéngjùmùduàn perseverance will prevail Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 绳锯木断 繩鋸木斷 shéngjùmùduàn perseverance will prevail Literally "a rope can saw through wood"; a metaphor meaning that even small efforts, if maintained with persistence and constancy, can accomplish great tasks; often used alongside 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Synonym 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
绳锯木断 繩鋸木斷 shéngjùmùduàn perseverance will prevail Literally "a rope can saw through wood"; a metaphor meaning that even small efforts, if maintained with persistence and constancy, can accomplish great tasks; often used alongside 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Synonym 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)