磨杵成针
mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

little strokes fell great oaks

  • created reference approved 磨杵成针/磨杵成針 → 铁杵磨成针/鐵杵磨成針 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    磨杵成针 / 磨杵成針 mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

    铁杵磨成针 / 鐵杵磨成針 tiě​chǔ​mó​chéng​zhēn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 磨杵成针/磨杵成針 · mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn · little strokes fell great oaks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    磨杵成针 / 磨杵成針

    mó​chǔ​chéng​zhēn

    little strokes fell great oaks

    to grind an iron bar down to a needle; used to describe how any difficult task can be accomplished with persistence and steady effort

    磨 (literal) → 磨 · mó · to rub 杵 (literal) → 杵 · chǔ · pestle 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 针 (literal) → 针/針 · zhēn · needle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense