駑馬十舍
nú​mǎ​shí​shè

perseverance pays off

  • created sense approved 驽马十舍/駑馬十舍 · nú​mǎ​shí​shè · perseverance pays off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驽马十舍 / 駑馬十舍

    nú​mǎ​shí​shè

    perseverance pays off

    success can be achieved through constant effort despite limited talent; literally, a mediocre horse can travel a ten-day journey through persistence

    驽马 (literal) → 驽马/駑馬 · nú​mǎ · inferior horse 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 舍 (literal) → 舍 · shè · she

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

    created sense