"Assiduously" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 矻矻 | kū kū | assiduously |  |
| 勤学苦练 | qín xué kǔ liàn | to study diligently / to train assiduously |  |
| 悬梁刺股 | xuán liáng cì gǔ | to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom) / see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3] | |
| 头悬梁，锥刺股 | tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ | lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom) / fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly | |
| 退避三舍 | tuì bì - sān shè | lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun / to assiduously avoid | |
