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磨杵成针
mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

persevere

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
磨杵成针 (磨杵成針) mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn
persevere
to persevere in a difficult task through constant effort or to study diligently; literally to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle

Frequency

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0.002 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 铁杵成针 tiě​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)