Constant dripping wears away a stone.
Interpretation: It is also said that dripping water wears away the stone. Water often drips on the stone, which will make the stone perforate. Metaphor as long as you persist, things can succeed.
Source: Luo Song Dajing's Record of He Lin Yu: "Zhang Guai's tooth is the order of Chongyang; An official came out of the library; There is a dollar under the towel. Good cliff employee. The official said,' A dollar for He Zudao? I am also a staff member! Guaya gave a sentence and said,' One dollar a day; Thousands of dollars a day; The rope was sawed off; Water droplets penetrate the stone. "Also as" dripping wears away the stone ".
Vernacular translation: Luo Song Dajing's Record of He Lin Yu: "Zhang Guaiya was working as a county magistrate in Chongyang, and a small official came out of the warehouse in a panic, hiding a penny under the headscarf and ordering people to torture him. The little official was unconvinced: "A penny is nothing! You can only hit me, not kill me! "Zhang Chengya was furious and sentenced him:" One yuan a day, 1,000 yuan a day, one rope sawed off, one stone pierced. " "Also known as' dripping wears away the stone'.
Grammar: combination; Make an attribute; Include praise
Second, sail against the current.
Interpretation: Proverb: "Sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." Studying or doing things is like sailing against the current. If you don't work hard, you will regress.
Source: Lu Xun's essay "Pavilion, Pavilion and Foreign Language": "Even if there are still some boats sailing against the current, I will pull the fiber."
Grammar: formal; As predicate and object; Often used with "if you don't advance, you will fall back"
Third, the water drops merge into the ocean.
Interpretation: deep: deep pool. When little by little water accumulates, a deep pool can be formed. Metaphor makes a mickle.
Source: Xunzi and his disciples "Xunzi Persuasion" during the Warring States Period: "Accumulated soil becomes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born. "
Vernacular translation: Xunzi and his disciples "Xunzi exhortation to learn" in the Warring States period: earth and stone piled up into mountains, and wind and rain started from it; The water flowed into the abyss, and the dragon was born. "
The stroke order of each word observed in calligraphy
Four, dripping into a river
Interpretation: Metaphor makes a mickle.
Source: Zhou Libo's "Changes in Mountain Villages" Page 1: "Over the past few years, many a mickle makes a mickle. I have some lace in my hand."
Verb (abbreviation for verb) overflows when water is full.
Interpretation: When things go to extremes, they change in the opposite direction.
Source: Cao Qingxue Qin's Dream of Red Mansions (13): "Why don't you even know two common sayings? As the saying goes,' when the moon is full, it will lose money, and when the water is full, it will overflow'.