| 愚公移山 |
yú gōng yí shān |
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way |
| 愚 |
yú |
to be stupid / to cheat or deceive / me or I (modest) |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 移 |
yí |
to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |