千磨万击还坚劲

千磨萬擊還堅勁

Qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng

quotation

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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

history

出自清代郑板桥《竹石》：咬定青山不放松，立根原在破岩中。千磨万击还坚劲，任尔东西南北风。托物言志，以岩竹比喻坚贞不屈的品格。

usage

Here 劲 is read jìng, meaning 'strong, forceful' (刚强、有力), not jìn. Usually paired with the next line 任尔东西南北风.

Stroke Order

千 qiān

磨 mó

万 wàn

击 jī

还 hái

坚 jiān

劲 jìn