磨穿铁砚
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 磨穿鐵硯
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- (verb, idiom) to grind one's way through an ink stone
- to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
- to study diligently (idiom)
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Related Words
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn)— If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
→磨杵成针(mó chǔ chéng zhēn)— to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
→苦差(kǔ chāi)— hard task
→一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)— don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
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