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愚公移山 [yúgōngyíshān]
  1. 1. [成语] old man moves mountains—with dogged perseverance

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愚公移山 [yúgōngyíshān]
  1. 1. 《列子·汤问》中说:北山有个名叫愚公的老人,下决心要铲平门前挡路的太行、王屋两座大山。他不顾邻居智叟的讥笑,每天带领儿子们挖山不止,坚信总有一天会把山铲掉。后用"愚公移山"比喻做事不畏艰险,有坚韧的毅力。

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To be persistent in effort, unyielding

To be persistent in effort, unyielding
愚公移山
yúgōngyíshān

It literally means the Foolish Old Man who removed the mountains.

The Story:
There was once an old man in the ancient times, whose house stood facing two high mountains which made it very inconvenient for him to come and go. One day, he gathered his family and started to level the mountains. His neighbors, upon seeing him, laughed at him. "You are foolish. You are too old and weak to level a small hill, let alone two big mountains!" He replied, "I have sons, and my sons have sons. I will have endless progeny, but the mountains won't grow any higher." When Heaven heard the spirit of the Foolish Old Man, it was moved and sent two immortals to move the mountains away.

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