constant dripping wears away a stone(dī shuǐ chuān shí)

dripping water wears through a stone

The synonym "Di Shui Chuan Shi" (Chinese idiom) generally refers to "Shui Di Shi Chuan" (Chinese idiom). Shui Di Shi Chuan is an idiom, which originated from the biography of Mei Cheng in Hanshu written by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It refers to the continuous dripping of water, which can pierce the stone; it refers to the perseverance, which can achieve the hard work by gathering the subtle strength. It is generally used as predicate and adverbial in sentences.

"Dripping wears away stone" is not suitable for writing "dripping wears away stone".

The origin of Idioms

The earliest source

The pipe of Mount Tai passes through the stone, and the pipe of monopole is broken. Water is not a diamond of stone, but a saw of wood. (Biography of Mei Cheng in the book of Han by Ban Gu, Eastern Han Dynasty)

Evolution process

Zhang guaiya was the order of Chongyang. An official came out of the Treasury. He saw that there was a piece of money under the towel beside his temples. He said that it was the money in the Treasury. Guaiya ordered the staff, and even more abruptly said, "what's the point of a coin? It's the staff? If you can stick me, you can't cut me! " Guaiya aid pen sentence cloud: "a day a money, a thousand days a thousand money, rope saw wood, water drop stone wear through!" Since the end of his life, he has been impeached by Shentai government, which has been handed down by Chongyang people. (song · Luo Da Jing "He Lin Yu Lu"). To sum up, the idiom "water drop wears stone" comes into being.

Idiom story

In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Zhang guaiya who served as a magistrate in Chongyang County. At that time, the social atmosphere in Chongyang was very bad, and theft was common. Even the county government's coffers were often stolen. Zhang guaiya is determined to seize an opportunity to kill this unhealthy trend. One day, he finally found a chance. That day, when he was patrolling around the yamen, he suddenly saw a petty official who was in charge of the county yamen's money bank and came out of the money bank in a hurry. Zhang guaiya quickly stopped the storekeeper and asked, "Hello! Why are you so flustered? " "Nothing." The librarian replied. Zhang guaiya thinks that the Treasury is often stolen. He judges that the Treasury officials may be keeping watch and stealing, so he asks his entourage to search the Treasury officials. As a result, a copper coin was found in the head scarf of the treasurer. Zhang guaiya escorts the treasurer back to the hall for interrogation and asks him how much money he has stolen from the Treasury. The treasurer did not admit that he had stolen money, so Zhang guaiya ordered him to be tortured. The Treasury official refused and yelled angrily, "what's so great about stealing a copper coin? How can you torture me like this? You can only beat me. Can you still kill me? " Zhang guaiya was very angry when he saw that the treasurer dared to contradict himself in this way. Without hesitation, he picked up the writing brush and pronounced the sentence: "one money a day, one thousand money a thousand days, the rope is sawed and the stone is broken." At the end of the sentence, Zhang guaiya ordered the Yamen officers to take them to the execution ground and behead them. the verdict was a powerful deterrent. Since then, the theft in Chongyang County has been stopped, and the social atmosphere has greatly improved.

The meaning of Idioms

Zhang guaiya thinks that if a Treasury official steals one money today, he can steal one thousand in a thousand days. Although the power of the rope is small, it can cut the wood over time. The power of small water drops is very small. As time goes on, it can tear the stone through. So he beheaded the treasurer and showed it to the public as a warning. This story tells the reader that in the ordinary study, we must have perseverance, perseverance, and constantly forge ahead. Only with the spirit of "water drop wears away stone", can we successfully reach the height of knowledge. Perseverance, the collection of subtle forces can also achieve the hard credit.

Use of Idioms

Written usage

In a sentence, it is usually used as predicate and adverbial, with commendatory meaning. It is often used with "rope saw and wood cut". "Dripping wears away stone" is not suitable for writing "dripping wears away stone".

Application examples

Modern writer Ba Jin's Capriccio: "I always think like this: in the work of cultural construction, we should have the determination to go through every drop of water and stone for decades. It is not enough to rely on" hard work "alone." Yang Qianru, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, wrote in umbrella: "in her opinion, constant dripping wears away the stone, and the achievement is self-made."

Chinese PinYin : dī shuǐ chuān shí