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Open the tool →叩石垦壤 (kòu shí kěn rǎng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to break ground and start construction by breaking rocks and digging earth; to clear land for development, implying great effort and hard work”.
叩石垦壤 is pronounced kòu shí kěn rǎng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 叩石垦壤 means “knock stone cultivate earth”. It is used to mean “to break ground and start construction by breaking rocks and digging earth; to clear land for development, implying great effort and hard work”.
叩:敲打;垦:开垦。敲石挖土。指破土动工。