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Idiom · four-character fixed expression
Constant Dripping Wears Away Stone
传统表达attested in Song-period sourcesfour-character fixed expression
dripping water wears through stone
Keeps the original cultural image visible.
persistence can overcome great difficulty
Expresses the idiom's function in present-day communication.
Bilingual examples
每天读一页原文，水滴石穿，一年后会形成扎实积累。
Read one page in the original every day; steady persistence builds something substantial over a year.