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天下無難事，只怕有心人
简 天下无难事，只怕有心人 · 繁 天下無難事，只怕有心人Mandarin · pinyin tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
Meanings
- (lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
- (fig.) persistence will overcome
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 下
- xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 無
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- 難
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- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 只
- zhǐ · only, just, simply
- 怕
- pà · to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 心
- xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
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tin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6 ， zi2 paa3 jau5 sam1 jan4
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