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皇天不負苦心人

简皇天不负苦心人 · 繁皇天不負苦心人

Mandarin · pinyin Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén

Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.

Characters in this entry

皇: huáng · royal, imperial; ruler, superior
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
負: Look up this written character
苦: kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
心: xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
负: fù · load, burden; carry, bear

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

2–1–4–4–3–1–2 · Huang2 tian1 bu4 fu4 ku3 xin1 ren2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

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Cantonese word readings for 皇天不負苦心人. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

Heaven helps those who help themselves; Providence doesn't let down a man who does his best.