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愚公移山
jyu4 gung1 ji4 saan1
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the old man moves the mountain: a parable about an old fool who was unconvinced by an old sage that he could not dig away a mountain which blocked the way to his house. Supernatural intervention moved the mountains for the old fool after the deities were impressed by his faith.  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2464 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 13th Oct 2008 05:26 and last edited on 21st Jul 2009 16:44 |
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Characters in this word:愚 jyu4 - foolish; deceive公 gung1 - public; common; international; impartial 移 ji4 - move, remove; transform, change 山 saan1 - mountain; hill; peak |
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