| 亹亹 | wěi wěi | diligently / relentlessly / pressing forward |  |
| 孜孜矻矻 | zī zī kū kū | diligently | |
| 苦练 | kǔ liàn | to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears | |
| 耕耘 | gēng yún | plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently |  |
| 力行 | lì xíng | to practice diligently / to act energetically | |
| 勤王 | qín wáng | to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king | |
| 勤学苦练 | qín xué kǔ liàn | to study diligently / to train assiduously | |
| 凿壁偷光 | záo bì tōu guāng | lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship | |
| 磨杵成针 | mó chǔ chéng zhēn | to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
| 磨穿铁砚 | mó chuān tiě yàn | to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) | |
| 韦编三绝 | wéi biān sān jué | lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently | |
| 宵衣旰食 | xiāo yī gàn shí | to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters | |
| 刻苦钻研 | kè kǔ zuān yán | to study diligently | |
| 勤俭办企业 | qín jiǎn bàn qǐ yè | to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily | |
| 勤俭办学 | qín jiǎn bàn xué | to run a school diligently and thriftily | |
| 勤俭办社 | qín jiǎn bàn shè | to manage communes diligently and thriftily | |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn | 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 | |
| 夙兴夜寐 | sù xīng yè mèi | to rise early and sleep late (idiom) / to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends | |
| 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇 | hào xué jìn hu zhī , lì xíng jìn hu rén , zhī chǐ jìn hu yǒng | to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius) | |
| 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇 | hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng | to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius) | |
