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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「磨杵作針」.

Today’s idiom is 「磨杵作針」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

It means that as long as you work hard, even the most difficult task can be accomplished.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mó chǔ zuò zhēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mo4 chyu5 jok3 jam1

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