# 愚公移山 (yúgōngyíshān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 愚公移山 (yúgōngyíshān) means “dogged perseverance wins out”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dogged perseverance wins out
- Pinyin: yúgōngyíshān (yu2 gong1 yi2 shan1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们需要愚公移山的精神。
  Wǒmen xūyào yúgōngyíshān de jīngshén.
  We need the perseverance of moving mountains.

## Characters

- 愚 (yú): to be stupid; to cheat or deceive
- [公](https://hanziro.com/word/gong-public/) (gōng): public; common
- [移](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-move/) (yí): to move; to shift
- [山](https://hanziro.com/word/shan-mountain/) (shān): mountain; hill

https://hanziro.com/word/yu-gong-yi-shan-dogged-perseverance-wins/

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