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Definition(s) for: 不到黄河心不死

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不到黄河心不死 bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ - lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- to keep going while some hope is left

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 67,782

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
dào- to reach; to arrive
- to leave for; to go to
- to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
- (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
- considerate; thoughtful; thorough
huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])
- (bound form) the Yellow River
- (bound form) the Milky Way
- (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3]
xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned

Other Words Containing 不到黄河心不死

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo