駑馬十駕
nú​mǎ​shí​jià

perseverance makes up for lack of talent

  • created reference approved 驽马十驾/駑馬十駕 → 驽马十舍/駑馬十舍 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驽马十驾 / 駑馬十駕 nú​mǎ​shí​jià

    驽马十舍 / 駑馬十舍 nú​mǎ​shí​shè

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 驽马十驾/駑馬十駕 · nú​mǎ​shí​jià · perseverance makes up for lack of talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驽马十驾 / 駑馬十駕

    nú​mǎ​shí​jià

    perseverance makes up for lack of talent

    A slow horse can travel as far as a fast horse in ten days; people with modest talent can achieve great things through persistence and hard work.

    驽马 (literal) → 驽马/駑馬 · nú​mǎ · inferior horse 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 驾 (literal) → 驾/駕 · jià · carriage

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

    created sense