when one 's heart is single-minded even rocks are riven(xīn jiān shí chuān)

when one 's heart is single-minded even rocks are riven

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NJI ā NSH í Chu ā n, which means determined will, can penetrate the stone. The metaphor is that as long as the will is firm, things can succeed. It's from hard to leave.

The origin of Idioms

Jiang Linji's "magazine" of Song Dynasty quoted the poem "it's hard to leave" from Teqing: "the Buddha promises the wishes of all living beings, and the heart is firm and the stone is worn." Wang Mao of the Song Dynasty's YEKE Series Volume 28: "the world says:" the heart is strong and the stone is worn. "

Analysis of Idioms

Water drop wears away stone

Idiom usage

Serial verb; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning

Idiom story

It's said that once upon a time, Mr. Fu, who had been fond of Daoism since he was a child, visited him in the seventh year in Jiaoshan stone chamber and sent him a wooden drill to drill through a 5-foot-thick stone plate. It took him 47 years to drill through the stone plate. He was granted the title of Nanyue immortal by the Jade Emperor

Chinese PinYin : xīn jiān shí chuān