只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ​yào​gōng​fu​shēn​tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn

if you work hard enough you can achieve anything

  • created reference approved 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针/只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 → 磨杵成针/磨杵成針 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 / 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 zhǐ​yào​gōng​fu​shēn​tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn

    磨杵成针 / 磨杵成針 mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针/只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 · zhǐ​yào​gōng​fu​shēn​tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn · if you work hard enough you can achieve anything — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 / 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針

    zhǐ​yào​gōng​fu​shēn​tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn

    if you work hard enough you can achieve anything

    literal meaning: if you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle; used to say that with perseverance and effort, any difficult task can be accomplished.

    zhǐ​yào​gōng​fū​shēn​tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn

    只要 (literal) → 只要 · zhǐ​yào · so long as 功夫 (literal) → 功夫 · gōng​fu · effort 深 (literal) → 深 · shēn · deep ， (non_chinese) 铁杵磨成针 (literal) → 铁杵磨成针/鐵杵磨成針 · tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn · perseverance will prevail

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