till seas run dry , stones crumble(shí làn jiāng kū)

till seas run dry , stones crumble

Shi Lan Jiang Ku is a Chinese idiom, pronounced sh í L à NJI à NGK à, which means that until the stone turns to earth, the river dries up. It's a metaphor for the impossible.

Idiom explanation

Until the stone turned to earth and the river dried up. It's a metaphor for the impossible.

Idioms and allusions

Lu Chuan, the second biography of Yunnan chieftains in the history of the Ming Dynasty: "it was a contract with Si Lu that Xu Tu Mu got bu le Zhu man and lived in Meng Yang as before. He set up the Jinsha River as the boundary and swore:" when the river is dry, er Nai can get across. "

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as attributive and object; used for oath.

Chinese PinYin : shí làn jiāng kū