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

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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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