"diligently" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
亹亹	wěi wěi	diligently / relentlessly / pressing forward
孜孜矻矻	zī zī kū kū	diligently

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
苦练苦練	kǔ liàn	to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
耕耘	gēng yún	plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently	syn
力行	lì xíng	to practice diligently / to act energetically
勤王	qín wáng	to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
勤学苦练勤學苦練	qín xué kǔ liàn	to study diligently / to train assiduously	syn
磨杵成针磨杵成針	mó chǔ chéng zhēn	to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently	syn
磨穿铁砚磨穿鐵硯	mó chuān tiě yàn	to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
韦编三绝韋編三絕	wéi biān sān jué	lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
凿壁偷光鑿壁偷光	záo bì tōu guāng	lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
宵衣旰食	xiāo yī gàn shí	to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
刻苦钻研刻苦鑽研	kè kǔ zuān yán	to study diligently
勤俭办企业勤儉辦企業	qín jiǎn bàn qǐ yè	to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily
勤俭办学勤儉辦學	qín jiǎn bàn xué	to run a school diligently and thriftily
勤俭办社勤儉辦社	qín jiǎn bàn shè	to manage communes diligently and thriftily
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針	zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn	If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針\|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
夙兴夜寐夙興夜寐	sù xīng yè mèi	to rise early and sleep late (idiom) / to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends	syn
好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇	hào xué jìn hu zhī , lì xíng jìn hu rén , zhī chǐ jìn hu yǒng	to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇	hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng	to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
勤政	qín zhèng	to govern diligently / diligent governance	syn

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