Chinese–English
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn · zhi yao gong fu shen , tie chu mo cheng zhen
Traditional 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- cf 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
- to study diligently
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