磨穿鐵硯

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	iron	ink-stone
trad. (磨穿鐵硯)		磨	穿	鐵	硯
simp. (磨穿铁砚)		磨	穿	铁	砚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móchuāntiěyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ cyun¹ tit³ jin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móchuāntiěyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móchuantiěyàn
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-chʻuan¹-tʻieh³-yen⁴
  - Yale: mwó-chwān-tyě-yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mochuantieeyann
  - Palladius: мочуаньтеянь (močuanʹtejanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän⁵⁵ tʰjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo⁴ cyun¹ tit³ jin⁶
  - Yale: mòh chyūn tit yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ tsyn¹ tit⁸ jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ qun¹ tid³ yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³ jiːn²²/

Idiom

磨穿鐵硯

(figuratively) to show extreme diligence in one's studies

Japanese

Noun

Kyūjitai form of 磨穿鉄硯 (“showing unyielding diligence in one's studies”)

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