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[磨杵成針] móchǔchéngzhēn to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
to study diligently

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        zhémó, to torment/to torture
        mó/mò, to rub/to grind/to polish/to sharpen/to wear down/to die out/to waste time/to pe...
        zhuómó/zuómo, to carve and polish (jade)/to polish and refine a literary work, to ponder/to mu...
        móceng, to rub lightly/to move slowly/to dawdle/to dillydally/to pester/to nag
        xiāomó, to wear down/to sap/to whittle away/to while away/to idle away
        mósǔn, [磨損], wear and tear/abrasion
        mónàn, [磨難], a torment/a trial/tribulation/a cross (to bear)/well-tried
        mòfáng, mill
        móliàn, [磨練], to temper oneself/to steel oneself/self-discipline/endurance
        dǎmó, polish/grind
        móyá, to grind one's teeth (during sleep)/pointless arguing/(coll.) molar
        
        móhé, to break in/to wear in
        mómiè, [磨滅], to obliterate/to erase
        móchuáng, grinding machine/grinder
        yánmó, milling/to grind/to polish by grinding/to abrade/whetstone/pestle
        bùkěmómiè, [不可磨滅], indelible
        
        mólì, [磨礪], to sharpen on grindstone/to improve oneself by practice
        mócā, variant of 摩擦[mó cā]
        
        móliàn, [磨煉], see 磨練|磨练[mó liàn]
        hǎoshìduōmó, the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
        móguāng, to polish
        módāo, to hone (a knife)
        
        módāoshí, whetstone (for honing knives)
        
        módāohuòhuò, lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)/fig. to prepare to attack/to be getting read...
        
        
        nàimó, wear resistant
        
        shuǐmóshí, terrazzo
        móyánggōng, to idle on the job
        
        
        

        chǔ, pestle/to poke
        

        Chéng/chéng, surname Cheng, to succeed/to finish/to complete/to accomplish/to become/to turn ...
        chéngwéi, [成為], to become/to turn into
        Chénggōng/chénggōng, Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast ...
        biànchéng, [變成], to change into/to turn into/to become
        wánchéng, to complete/to accomplish
        zàochéng, to bring about/to create/to cause
        chéngyuán, [成員], member
        chéngshú, mature/ripe/to mature/to ripen/Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu]
        dàngchéng, [當成], to consider as/to take to be
        dáchéng, [達成], to reach (an agreement)/to accomplish
        chéngzhǎng, [成長], to mature/to grow/growth
        chéngjì, [成績], achievement/performance records/grades/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
        chéngjiāo, to complete a contract/to reach a deal
        chéngjiù, accomplishment/success/achievement/CL:個|个[gè]/to achieve (a result)/to create/to...
        chéngniánrén, adult person
        zànchéng, [贊成], to approve/to endorse/(literary) to assist
        chénglì, to establish/to set up/to be tenable/to hold water
        chéngrén, adult
        zǔchéng, [組成], to form/to make up/to constitute
        xíngchéng, to form/to take shape
        
        chéngqiānshàngwàn, [成千上萬], lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers/innumerable/...
        chéngguǒ, result/achievement/gain/profit/CL:個|个[gè]
        chéngfèn, composition/make-up/ingredient/element/component/one's social status/CL:個|个[gè]
        fēnchéng, to divide (into)/to split a bonus/to break into/tenths/percentage allotment
        gòuchéng, [構成], to constitute/to form/to compose/to make up/to configure (computing)
        kànchéng, to regard as
        chéngtiān, (coll.) all day long/all the time
        
        héchéng, to compose/to constitute/compound/synthesis/mixture/synthetic
        chéngnián, to grow to adulthood/fully grown/the whole year
        chéngmíng, to make one's name/to become famous
        chéngběn, (manufacturing, production etc) costs
        wèichéngnián, underage
        
        wèichéngniánrén, minor (i.e. person under 18)
        
        chéngxiàng, to form an image/imaging
        
        zhìchéng, [製成], to manufacture/to turn out (a product)
        yīshìwúchéng, [一事無成], to have achieved nothing/to be a total failure/to get nowhere
        cùchéng, to facilitate/to effect
        chéngbǎishàngqiān, hundreds/a large number/lit. by the hundreds and thousands
        chéngjìdān, [成績單], school report or transcript
        jiànchéng, to establish/to build
        jiéchéng, [結成], to form/to forge (alliances etc)
        zhǎngchéng, [長成], to grow up
        chéngbài, [成敗], success or failure
        huànchéng, [換成], to exchange (sth) for (sth else)/to replace with/to convert into
        luànchéngyītuán, [亂成一團], in a great mess/chaotic
        chéngxiào, effect/result
        chéngjiā, to settle down and get married (of a man)/to become a recognized expert
        yīchéngbùbiàn, [一成不變], nothing much changes (idiom); always the same/stuck in a rut
        chéngjiàn, [成見], preconceived idea/bias/prejudice
        shēngchéng, to generate/to produce/generated/produced
        bùchéng, won't do/unable to/(at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
        xiànchéng, [現成], ready-made/readily available
        
        chéngqún, in groups/large numbers of/grouping
        tíchéng, to take a percentage
        shōuchéng, harvest
        
        
        chéngquán, to help sb accomplish his aim/to help sb succeed/to complete/to make whole/to ro...
        
        zhùchéng, [鑄成], to cast in metal/(fig.) to forge/to fashion
        yǎngchéng, [養成], to cultivate/to raise/to form (a habit)/to acquire
        dǎchéngyīpiàn, to merge/to integrate/to become as one/to unify together
        dàgōnggàochéng, successfully accomplished (project or goal)/to be highly successful
        zànchéngpiào, [贊成票], approval/affirmative vote
        
        xīnxiǎngshìchéng, to have one's wishes come true/wish you the best!
        chénghūn, to get married
        chéngxíng, to become shaped/to become formed
        chéngpǐn, finished goods/a finished product
        chéngqiān, thousands
        xiōngyǒuchéngzhú, to plan in advance (idiom)/a card up one's sleeve/forewarned is forearmed
        niàngchéng, [釀成], to form gradually/to lead to
        chéngfèn, composition/make-up/ingredient/element/component/one's social status/same as 成分
        
        shùnlǐchéngzhāng, [順理成章], logical/only to be expected/rational and clearly structured (of text)
        shìyèyǒuchéng, [事業有成], to be successful in business/professional success
        shuǐdàoqúchéng, lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)/fig. when conditions are right...
        chéngxīn, intentional/deliberate/on purpose
        chéngrén, to die for a good cause
        biānchéng, [編成], to organize/to put together/to edit
        gōngchéngmíngjiù, to win success and recognition (idiom)
        chéngyī, ready-made clothes
        
        mùyǐchéngzhōu, lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)/fig. what is done ca...
        luòchéng, to complete a construction project
        JīnRìchéng, Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea
        
        ChéngLóng/chénglóng, [成龍], Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star, to succeed in life/to become...
        yīqìhēchéng, [一氣呵成], to do something at one go/to flow smoothly
        chéngwén, written/statutory
        diǎnshíchéngjīn, [點石成金], to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing int...
        Chéngjísīhán, Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
        mòshǒuchéngguī, [墨守成規], hidebound by convention (idiom)
        chéngyīn, cause/factor/cause of formation
        
        chéngqúnjiéduì, [成群結隊], making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers/as a large crowd
        nǎoxiūchéngnù, [惱羞成怒], to fly into a rage out of humiliation/to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
        sùchéng, crash (course)/accelerated (process)/quick (fix)/instant (success)/to achieve in...
        
        zǔchéngbùfèn, [組成部分], part/component/ingredient/constituent
        zuòxiǎngqíchéng, to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
        chéngqīn, [成親], to get married
        chéngxíng, to embark on a journey
        chéngqì, to make sth of oneself/to become a person who is worthy of respect
        chéngtào, forming a complete set/complementing one another
        chénghuó, to survive
        chéngyǔ, [成語], Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or ...
        
        lǎochéng, mature/experienced/sophisticated
        yǒuzhìzhěshìjìngchéng, a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, t...
        nòngqiǎochéngzhuō, to overreach oneself/to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
        
        
        
        bànchéngpǐn, semi-manufactured goods/semifinished articles/semifinished products
        
        zìxuéchéngcái, [自學成才], a self-made genius
        chéngzhēn, to come true
        chéngcái, to make sth of oneself/to become a person who is worthy of respect
        zhòngzhìchéngchéng, [眾志成城], unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
        héchéngxiānwéi, [合成纖維], synthetic fiber
        
        
        chéngguī, [成規], established rules/the beaten track
        
        
        chéngjiālìyè, [成家立業], to get married and start a career (idiom)/to settle down/to establish oneself
        
        
        jíchéng, integrated (as in integrated circuit)
        jíchéngdiànlù, [集成電路], integrated circuit/IC
        
        mǎdàochénggōng, [馬到成功], to win instant success (idiom)
        
        
        bāchéng, eighty percent/most probably/most likely
        fǎnmùchéngchóu, to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
        huǒchéngyán, igneous rock (geology)/volcanic rock
        Píngchéng, Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Aki...
        
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        sùchéngbān, intensive course/crash course
        chéngcái, to make sth of oneself/to become a person who is worthy of respect/(of a tree) t...
        
        chéngzhúzàixiōng, see 胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]
        
        gōngbàichuíchéng, [功敗垂成], to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure/to fall at the last...
        chéngyuánguó, [成員國], member country
        
        héchéngqì, synthesizer
        
        
        chéngpiàn, (of a large number of things) to form an expanse/to cover an area
        chéngzāi, [成災], disastrous/to turn into a disaster
        
        chéngsè, relative purity of silver or gold/purity in carat weight/quality/fineness
        chéngchóng, [成蟲], imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
        húnrántiānchéng, [渾然天成], to resemble nature itself/of the highest quality (idiom)
        wàngzǐchénglóng, [望子成龍], lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child t...
        fànlànchéngzāi, [泛濫成災], lit. to flood (idiom)/fig. rampant/in plague proportions
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        zhuóyǒuchéngxiào, highly effective/fruitful
        
        
        
        
        jíyúqiúchéng, [急於求成], anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success/impatient for resul...
        
        
        yīshīzúchéngqiāngǔhèn, a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
        
        chéngniánlěiyuè, year in, year out (idiom)
        
        chéngmíngzuò, work that makes one's name
        
        xiāngfǔxiāngchéng, [相輔相成], to complement one another (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        sānwǔchéngqún, in groups of three or four (idiom)
        
        Chéngdū, Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        gǎichéng, to convert/to turn into (sth else)/to adapt (a story to another medium)
        
        
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        zéchéng, [責成], to give sb a task
        yuēdìngsúchéng, [約定俗成], established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement/customary conventio...
        
        
        dàqìwǎnchéng, lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures...
        
        
        chéngpī, in batches/in bulk
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Chéngtián, Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
        
        
        
        chéngyào, [成藥], patent medicine/medicine already made up
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        chénghuólǜ, survival rate/rate of success
        
        
        
        
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        chéngqiānchéngwàn, [成千成萬], lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers/innumerable/...
        
        
        
        
        
绿         lǜshùchéngyìn, [綠樹成蔭], (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage/(of a road) to be tree-line...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        jùshāchéngtǎ, sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amoun...
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        xiāngyìngchéngqù, to set each other off nicely
        
        
        
        
        chéngwénfǎ, statute
        
        héchéngxiàngjiāo, [合成橡膠], synthetic rubber
        
        
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        chéngjiāojià, [成交價], sale price/negotiated price/price reached in an auction
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shàoniánlǎochéng, accomplished though young/lacking youthful vigor
        
        
        
        
        chéngshuō, [成說], accepted theory or formulation
        
        
        
        
        
        héchéngcí, [合成詞], compound word
        
        

        zhēnduì, [針對], to target/to focus on/to be aimed at or against/in response to
        zhēn, [針]/[鍼], needle/pin/injection/stitch/CL:根[gēn],支[zhī], variant of 針|针[zhēn], needle
        dǎzhēn, [打針], to give or have an injection
        
        biézhēn, [別針], pin/safety pin/clip/brooch/CL:枚[méi]
        zhǐnánzhēn, [指南針], compass
        zhēnjiǔ, [針灸], acupuncture and moxibustion/to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
        dàhǎilāozhēn, [大海撈針], lit. to fish a needle from the sea/to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
        fāngzhēn, [方針], policy/guidelines/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhēnkǒng, [針孔], pinhole
        zhēnfēngxiāngduì, [針鋒相對], to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat/measure for measu...
        shízhēn, [時針], hand of a clock/hour hand
        zhǐzhēn, [指針], pointer on a gauge/clock hand/cursor/(computing) pointer
        yùfángzhēn, [預防針], immunization injection/fig. forewarning/heads-up/preventive measure
        tànzhēn, [探針], probe
        yīzhēnjiànxiě, [一針見血], lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)/fig. to hit the nail on the head
        zhuàngzhēn, [撞針], firing pin
        zhēnzhī, [針織], knitting/knitted garment
        rúzuòzhēnzhān, [如坐針氈], lit. as if sitting on pins and needles/fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
        zhēnyǎn/zhēnyan, [針眼], eye of a needle/pinprick/pinhole, (medicine) sty
        zhāzhēn, [扎針], to give or have an acupuncture treatment
        zhēnjì, [針劑], fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
        huíxíngzhēn, [回形針], paper clip
线         zhēnxiàn, [針線], needle and thread/needlework
线         zhēnxiànhuó, [針線活], needlework/sewing
        
        bìléizhēn, [避雷針], lightning rod
        zhēnduìxìng, [針對性], focus/direction/purpose/relevance
        dǐngzhēn, [頂針], thimble
        nìshízhēn, [逆時針], anticlockwise/counterclockwise
        
        
穿线         chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn, [穿針引線], lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
        
        
        miǎozhēn, [秒針], second hand (of a clock)
        
        fēnzhēn, [分針], minute hand (of a clock)
        dìngshūzhēn, [訂書針], staple
        qūbiézhēn, [曲別針], paper clip
        féngyīzhēn, [縫衣針], sewing needle
        
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线         zhēntóuxiànnǎo, [針頭線腦], needle and thread/sewing implements/needlework/(fig.) unimportant thing
        
        
        
        gǔzhēn, [骨針], spicule (in biology)/bone needle (in archaeology)
        qiángxīnzhēn, [強心針], heart-strengthening shot/fig. a shot in the arm
        chàngzhēn, [唱針], stylus (gramophone needle)
        
        zhēnzhīpǐn, [針織品], knitwear
        yínzhēn, [銀針], silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
        zhēnyèshù, [針葉樹], conifer
线         máoxiànzhēn, [毛線針], knitting needle
        jiànfèngchāzhēn, [見縫插針], lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every secon...
        
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        miánlǐcángzhēn, [綿裡藏針], lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom)/fig. ruthless character behind a g...
        
        zhēnyèlín, [針葉林], needle-leaved forest
        zhēnbiān, [針砭], to critique/to voice concerns about/ancient form of acupuncture using sharp ston...
        zhēnyè, [針葉], needle-leaved (tree)
        dǎdiàozhēn, [打吊針], to put sb on an intravenous drip
        zhēnyǎn, [針鼴], echidna
        biǎozhēn, [錶針], hand of a clock
        ěrzhēn, [耳針], auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)

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