gōng​bù​táng​juān

hard work pays off

  1. gōng verbnoun
    achievement
    achievement; result; success; a positive outcome from effort
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. táng adjective
    boastful
    (bound form) exaggerated; boastful; empty or in vain, as in the term 功不唐捐 gōng​bù​táng​juān
  4. to abandon
    To relinquish, abandon, or sacrifice (one's life, family, etc.)