台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái​shàng​yī​fēn​zhōng​tái​xià​shí​nián​gōng

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage

  • created sense approved 台上一分钟，台下十年功/臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功 · tái​shàng​yī​fēn​zhōng​tái​xià​shí​nián​gōng · ten years of practice for one minute on the stage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    台上一分钟，台下十年功 / 臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功

    tái​shàng​yī​fēn​zhōng​tái​xià​shí​nián​gōng

    ten years of practice for one minute on the stage

    (idiom) a short period of brilliance on stage requires many years of hard work behind the scenes

    台上 (literal) → 台上/臺上 · tái​shàng · on stage 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 分钟 (literal) → 分钟/分鐘 · fēn​zhōng · minute ， (non_chinese) 台下 (literal) → 台下/臺下 · tái​xià · offstage; below the stage 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · skill

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