열 번 찍어 안 넘어가는 나무 없다

열 번 찍어 안 넘어가는 나무 없다고 · 열 번 찍어 안 넘어가는 나무 없다잖아요

persistence pays off; keep trying and you'll win anyone over (lit. there's no tree that won't fall after ten chops)

Example

열 번 찍어 안 넘어가는 나무 없다고, 계속 고백했더니 결국 사귀게 됐어요.

Persistence pays off: I kept confessing my feelings, and in the end we started dating.

Word parts

찍다 here means 'to chop with an axe': strike any tree ten times and it will fall.

Good to know

Often used, half-jokingly, about persistently asking someone out or trying to persuade someone.

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