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Could someone please explain 铁杵磨成针 word for word (break the sentence down)?
Could someone please explain 铁杵磨成针 word for word (break the sentence down)?
The complete sentence is 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针, but I don't understand the characters of the second part.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
铁杵：粗的铁棒，磨：动词，将一个物品与另一个较硬的物品相互摩擦使前者达到自己想要的形状，成：变成了，针：needle
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