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只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
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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
man
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
if only
needle
meritorious deed or service
iron (metal)
grindstone
pestle
to want; to need; to ask for
to rub
grain that has begun to ripen
skill
deep (lit. and fig.)
to succeed
(classical) this, that
only