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 ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ cyun¹ tit³ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móchuāntiěyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móchuantiěyàn
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-chʻuan¹-tʻieh³-yen⁴
    • Yale: mwó-chwān-tyě-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mochuantieeyann
    • Palladius: мочуаньтеянь (močuanʹtejanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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 t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³ jiːn²²/

Idiom

磨穿鐵硯

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
磨	穿	鐵	硯
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō	Hyōgai	Jinmeiyō

For pronunciation and definitions of 磨穿鐵硯 – see the following entry.

【磨穿鉄硯ませんてっけん】 [noun] showing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

(This term, 磨穿鐵硯, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)