滴水石穿 Save Sign in to save words dīshuǐshíchuān ㄉㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) constant perseverance yields success You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. Character by character 滴(dī)drip 水(shuǐ)surname Shui 石(shí)surname Shi 穿(chuān)bore through A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0