金石 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 金石

金石

Definition metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze

Usage

中文释义 ①〈书〉金属和石头，比喻坚硬的东西精诚所至，～为开（意志坚决，能克服一切困难）。②金指铜器和其他金属器物，石指石制器物等，这些东西上头多有文字记事，所以把这类历史资料叫做金石。

Characters 金 jīn 石 shí/dàn

COMMON WORDS WITH 金石
	金刚石 ( 金剛石 ) jīn gāng shí diamond / also called 鑽石\|钻石[zuan4 shi2] ( 金剛石 )

	金石学 ( 金石學 ) jīn shí xué epigraphy ( 金石學 )

	金红石 ( 金紅石 ) jīn hóng shí rutile (mineral form of titanium oxide TiO2) ( 金紅石 )

	试金石 ( 試金石 ) shì jīn shí touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine ( 試金石 )

	青金石 qīng jīn shí lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family)

	金石良言 jīn shí liáng yán gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice

	金瓜石 Jīn guā shí Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)

	金匮石室 ( 金匱石室 ) jīn guì shí shì variant of 金櫃石室\|金柜石室[jin1 gui4 shi2 shi4] ( 金匱石室 )

	点金石 ( 點金石 ) diǎn jīn shí philosopher's stone ( 點金石 )

	埃尔金大理石 ( 埃爾金大理石 ) Āi ěr jīn dà lǐ shí the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ( 埃爾金大理石 )

	金柜石室 ( 金櫃石室 ) jīn guì shí shì safe places for storing important articles ( 金櫃石室 )

	精诚所加，金石为开 ( 精誠所加，金石為開 ) jīng chéng suǒ jiā , jīn shí wèi kāi lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks / With a will, you can achieve anything. ( 精誠所加，金石為開 )

	精诚所至，金石为开 ( 精誠所至，金石為開 ) jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks / With a will, you can achieve anything. ( 精誠所至，金石為開 )

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