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只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針

zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn

ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄕㄣ , ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄣ

Simplified 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针

  1. 1If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3to study diligently

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