只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn

Definitions

1. If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
2. 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
3. to study diligently

Child Words of 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

• 功 gōng: meritorious deed or service
• 功夫 gōng fu: skill
• 只 zhǐ: only
• 只要 zhǐ yào: if only
• 成 chéng: to succeed
• 深 shēn: deep (lit. and fig.)
• 磨 mó: to rub
• 磨 mò: grindstone
• 只 zhī: grain that has begun to ripen
• 要 yāo: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
• 要 yào: to want; to need; to ask for
• 针 zhēn: needle
• 铁 tiě: iron (metal)
• 夫 fū: man
• 夫 fú: (classical) this, that
• 杵 chǔ: pestle