"To study diligently" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 勤学苦练 | qín xué kǔ liàn | to study diligently / to train assiduously |   |
| 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) | |
| 刻苦钻研 | kè kǔ zuān yán | to study diligently | |
| 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 | |
