滴水穿石 Save Sign in to save words dīshuǐchuānshí ㄉㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄕˊ 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 穿(chuān)bore through 石(shí)surname Shi A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0