愚 yú
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 禺 district 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
愚公移山
yúgōngyíshān
Yu Gong moves mountains; perseverance can overcome difficulties
Characters in this word
公 gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- Made of
- 八 eight 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他凭着愚公移山的精神，终于把荒山变成了果园。 Tā píngzhe yúgōngyíshān de jīngshén, zhōngyú bǎ huāngshān biàn chéng le guǒyuán. With the spirit of Yu Gong moving mountains, he finally turned the barren hill into an orchard.
- 学外语没有捷径，要有愚公移山的耐心，每天坚持练习。 Xué wàiyǔ méiyǒu jiéjìng, yào yǒu yúgōngyíshān de nàixīn, měitiān jiānchí liànxí. There is no shortcut to learning a foreign language; you need mountain-moving patience and daily practice.
- 修路队以愚公移山的精神，三年打通了大山里的隧道。 Xiūlùduì yǐ yúgōngyíshān de jīngshén, sān nián dǎtōng le dàshān lǐ de suìdào. With unyielding perseverance, the road crew dug a tunnel through the great mountains in three years.