千磨万击还坚劲

千磨萬擊還堅勁

qiānmówànjīháijiānjìng

phrase

Meanings

1 a thousand grindings, ten thousand strikes, still firm and strong
2 unshaken by any hardship
3 line by Qing poet Zheng Banqiao praising bamboo

Characters

Examples

千磨万击还坚劲——这就是竹子的品格。

Qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng — zhè jiùshì zhúzi de pǐngé.

A thousand grindings and strikes yet still strong — this is the character of bamboo.

经过这些打击，他依然千磨万击还坚劲。

Jīngguò zhèxiē dǎjī, tā yīrán qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng.

Through all these blows he remains firm and unbending.

Tips

usage

"劲"此处读 jìng，意为"刚强、有力"，不读 jìn。常与下句"任尔东西南北风"搭配。

Stroke Order

千 qiān

磨 mó

万 wàn

击 jī

还 hái

坚 jiān

劲 jìn