只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn | OtterDict

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只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

3 meanings

MEANING3 meanings

壹形adjective
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- ，。
  As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle.
貳形adjective
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
參形adjective
to study diligently

STROKE ORDER

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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

只

口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE

A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."

⿱(top-bottom)

mouthRadical 30 · 5 strokes

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

Traditional只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針

zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

3 meanings

MEANING3 meanings

壹形adjective
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- ，。
  As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle.
貳形adjective
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
參形adjective
to study diligently

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

只

口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE

A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."

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