not to be persuaded like water cannot enter a stone(rú shǔ tóu shí)

not to be persuaded like water cannot enter a stone

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Shu ǐ t ó ush í, which means like water splashing on a stone. It means nothing. It means listening without hearing or speaking without effect. It comes from the preface to the inscription of Li Gongjia temple in the history of Tang Huai Festival.

The origin of Idioms

Bai Juyi's preface to the inscriptions of Li Gong's temple in the history of Tang Huai festival in the Tang Dynasty: "when you move to the middle of the Tang Dynasty, you write to others, inherit your face and build your knees, you will know everything and offer to qiwo, just like throwing stones into water."

Idiom usage

In the quotations from Guishan mountain written by Yang Shi of Song Dynasty, it is said that "Xie Xiandao was also there at that time. Xie is an honest man, but he is not as intelligent as Mr. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jun is clever and Xie Jun is like water throwing into a stone. However, he is also called good. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: no oil and salt; antonym: Integration

Chinese PinYin : rú shǔ tóu shí