# 愚公移山 (yúgōng-yíshān): the foolish old man moves the moun… | HSK 7-9 Vocabulary | HSKReady

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Language: en
Content ID: hsk-7-9-10402
HSK levels: 7-9
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:46:51.696Z
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Learn 愚公移山 (yúgōng-yíshān), HSK 7-9: the foolish old man moves the mountains; perseverance conquers all. Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English me…

# 愚公移山

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yúgōng-yíshān

the foolish old man moves the mountains; perseverance conquers all

HSK 7-9

## Pronunciation

yúgōng-yíshān

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## Example sentence

他以愚公移山的精神坚持研究，最终攻克了这个难题。

Tā yǐ Yúgōng Yíshān de jīngshén jiānchí yánjiū, zuìzhōng gōngkè le zhège nántí.

With the spirit of the Foolish Old Man who moved the mountains, he persisted in his research and finally conquered this difficult problem.

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