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杵
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (3)
磨杵成针
móchǔchéngzhēn
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
血流漂杵
xuèliúpiāochǔ
enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
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.
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- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 4,775
- Word Frequency Rank
- 16,361 of 84,292