{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"NIHAO LANGUAGE EDUCATION","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.nihaoedu.com\/zh\/","author_name":"NIHAO","author_url":"https:\/\/www.nihaoedu.com\/zh\/author\/nihao\/","title":"Interesting Chinese Idiom - Study Mandarin Chinese in Hong Kong","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihaoedu.com\/zh\/interesting-chinese-idioms\/\">\u53ea\u8981\u529f\u592b\u6df1\uff0c\u94c1\u6775\u78e8\u6210\u9488<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! 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It is roughly translated as \u201cHard work pays off\u201d in English. We have included both the Chinese and the English versions of the story below. Now, let\u2019s find out what it really means word by word translation of this Chinese idiom\u53ea\u8981zh\u01d0 y\u00e0o: as long as\u53ea zh\u01d0: only\/just\/merely \u8981 y\u00e0o: to want\u529f\u592b g\u014dng fu: effort\u529f g\u014dng: work (physics)\/achievement\u592b f\u016b: manual worker\/man\u6df1 sh\u0113n: deep\/dark(color)\u94c1 ti\u011b: iron\u6775 ch\u01d4: pestle\u78e8 m\u00f3: to grind\u6210 ch\u00e9ng: to become\u9488 zh\u0113n: needle. Li Bai (701-762) was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. When he was young, Li Bai was not interested in learning at all, and he often wen out playing. One day, Li Bai saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle by the river. He felt so curious that he went over and asked the old woman what she was doing. It turned out that she was making a needle for her granddaughter to learn embroidery. Having heard this, Li Bai laughed as most kids would do, because he thought it was a waste of time to grind an iron pestle into a needle and that by the day the needle was made, her granddaughter would have turned into an old woman herself. However, the old woman told him with confidence: \u201cAs long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.\u201d Suddenly Li Bai realized that perseverance would help one succeed in everything. From then on, Li Bai began to study hard and accumulate knowledge. He finally became a great poet! \u674e\u767d\uff08701-762\uff09\uff0c\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u5510\u671d\u65f6\u671f\u8457\u540d\u7684\u8bd7\u4eba\u3002\u4ed6\u5c0f\u65f6\u5019\u5bf9\u5b66\u4e60\u5f88\u4e0d\u611f\u5174\u8da3\uff0c\u7ecf\u5e38\u8dd1\u5230\u5916\u9762\u73a9\u513f\u3002\u4e00\u5929\uff0c\u674e\u767d\u5728\u6cb3\u8fb9\u53d1\u73b0\u4e00\u4f4d\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u7adf\u7136\u5728\u78e8\u4e00\u6839\u94c1\u68d2\u5b50\u3002\u674e\u767d\u89c9\u5f97\u5f88\u597d\u5947\uff0c\u5c31\u8d70\u8fc7\u53bb\u95ee\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u5728\u5e72\u4ec0\u4e48\u3002\u539f\u6765\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u7684\u5b59\u5973\u8981\u5b66\u7ee3\u82b1\uff0c\u5979\u8981\u7ed9\u5b59\u5973\u505a\u4e00\u6839\u7ee3\u82b1\u9488\u3002\u4ed6\u542c\u5b8c\u4ee5\u540e\uff0c\u50cf\u5927\u90e8\u5206\u5b69\u5b50\u4e00\u6837\u54c8\u54c8\u5927\u7b11\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u4ed6\u8ba4\u4e3a\u628a\u94c1\u68d2\u5b50\u78e8\u6210\u7ee3\u82b1\u9488\u592a\u6d6a\u8d39\u65f6\u95f4\u4e86\uff0c\u7b49\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u78e8\u597d\u4e86\uff0c\u5979\u5b59\u5973\u53ef\u80fd\u4e5f\u53d8\u6210\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u4e86\u3002\u53ef\u662f\uff0c\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u81ea\u4fe1\u5730\u544a\u8bc9\u4ed6\uff1a\u201c\u53ea\u8981\u529f\u592b\u6df1\uff0c\u94c1\u6775\u78e8\u6210\u9488\u3002\u201d\u542c\u5b8c\u8001\u5a46\u5a46\u7684\u56de\u7b54\uff0c\u674e\u767d\u7a81\u7136\u660e\u767d\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u9053\u7406\uff1a\u65e0\u8bba\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e8b\u60c5\uff0c\u53ea\u8981\u575a\u6301\u5c31\u53ef\u80fd\u6210\u529f\u3002\u4ece\u6b64\uff0c\u674e\u767d\u5c31\u5f00\u59cb\u52aa\u529b\u5b66\u4e60\u3001\u79ef\u7d2f\u77e5\u8bc6\uff0c\u6700\u7ec8\u6210\u4e3a\u4e86\u4e00\u540d\u4f1f\u5927\u7684\u8bd7\u4eba\u3002\u540e\u6765\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6545\u4e8b\u5c31\u6f14\u53d8\u51fa\u201c\u94c1\u6775\u6210\u9488\u201d\u3002\u6bd4\u55bb\u53ea\u8981\u6709\u51b3\u5fc3\uff0c\u80af\u4e0b\u529f\u592b\uff0c\u591a\u4e48\u96be\u7684\u4e8b\u4e5f\u80fd\u505a\u6210\u529f\u3002Eventually, this story became the saying \u201c\u94c1\u6775\u6210\u9488\u201d. This saying tells us that as long as you are determined and commit to hard work, even the hardest tasks can be accomplished.\u4f8b\u53e5\u4e00\uff1a\u94c1\u6775\u6210\u9488\uff0c\u53ea\u8981\u6211\u4eec\u80af\u4e0b\u529f\u592b\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u529e\u4e0d\u5230\u7684\u4e8b\u513f\u3002Example Sentence One:Hard work pays off, as long as we put in the effort, there\u2019s nothing we can\u2019t do."}