It means that even metal and jade can carve flowers as long as you insist on carving with a knife. As long as you make unremitting efforts, no matter how difficult it is, you can do it.

Said by: Xun Kuang's "Perseverance, a rotten wood cannot be folded" during the Warring States Period; Perseverance, stones can be smashed. "

If you give up halfway in the process of carving, even rotten wood can't be broken; If you insist on carving, no matter how hard the stone is, it can be carved successfully.

Xunzi emphasized that everything can't be done halfway. As long as you have perseverance, nothing is difficult in the world.

Common sayings with similar meanings

Nothing is difficult in the world, if you put your mind to it; Where there is a will, there is a way; Where there is a will, there is a way.

Interpretation: As long as you are willing to make up your mind to do it, there is nothing wrong in the world and difficulties can always be overcome. 、

Source: Song and Chen's "Guang Ji" Volume 9: "Nothing is difficult in the world, I am afraid that there is a will."

Nothing in the world is impossible, only things that you don't want to do.

People's life is growing up through constant efforts and practice. No one is born knowing everything. Only by trying slowly can they grow. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. Any difficulty is made up of small things. It's not difficult as long as you work hard to finish it.