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1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
2 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
3 to study diligently

夜深人静

yè shēn rén jìng

1 in the dead of night (idiom)

寓意深远

yù yì shēn yuǎn

1 the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications

Sample Sentences

深圳

Shēnzhèn

Shenzhen.

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粤港澳大湾区是改革开放四十周年再阔步出发的一个生动注脚。由香港、澳门两个特别行政区和广东省的广州、深圳、珠海、佛山、中山、东莞、肇庆、江门、惠州等九市组成的城市群，是国家建设世界级城市群和参与全球竞争的重要载体，与美国纽约湾区旧金山湾区和日本东京湾区比肩的世界四大湾区之一。

yuègǎngàodàwānqū shì gǎigékāifàng sìshí zhōunián zài kuòbù chūfā de yīgē shēngdòng zhùjiǎo 。yóu Xiānggǎng 、Àomén liǎnggè tèbié xíngzhèngqū hé Guǎngdōngshěng de Guǎngzhōu 、Shēnzhèn 、Zhūhǎi 、Fóshān 、Zhōngshān 、Dōngguǎn 、Zhàoqìng 、Jiāngmén 、Huìzhōu děng jiǔ shì zǔchéng de chéngshì qún ，shì guójiā jiànshè shìjièjí chéngshì qún hé cānyù quánqiú jìngzhēng de zhòngyào zàitǐ ，yǔ Měiguó Niǔyuē wānqū Jiùjīnshān wānqū hé Rìběn Dōngjīng wānqū bǐjiān de shìjiè sìdà wānqū zhīyī 。

The Greater Bay project is a landmark initiative by the Chinese government and is a stride forward for China’s urbanization strategy after 40 years of economic reforms and expansion. It comprises two Special Administrative Regions- Hongkong and Macau and nine other cities in the Guangdong province -Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen and Huizhou. They are China’s ambition to create a world class city cluster to compete on the world stage - one that is on par to other city clusters such as Greater New York, San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Tokyo Area.

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我要去深圳。

wǒ yào qù Shēnzhèn 。

I want to go to Shenzhen.

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听起来很棒!中国发展好快,我以前只听过北京、上海、广州跟深圳这些一线城市。

tīng qilai hěn bàng !Zhōngguó fāzhǎn hǎo kuài ,wǒ yǐqián zhǐ tīng guò Běijīng 、Shànghǎi 、Guǎngzhōu gēn Shēnzhèn zhèxiē yīxiànchéngshì 。

Sounds fantastic! China has developed very quickly. I used to only hear of the 1st tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

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呵呵，对的！现在是一方面在香港拍戏，一方面四处宣传新片，今天早上飞机才落地，就到这里来了，明天又要飞深圳。

hēhē ，duì de ！xiànzài shì yīfāngmiàn zài Xiānggǎng pāi xì ，yīfāngmiàn sìchù xuānchuán xīnpiān ，jīntiān zǎoshang fēijī cái luòdì ，jiù dào zhèlǐ lái le ，míngtiān yòu yào fēi Shēnzhèn 。

Haha, yes! Now we're filming in Hong Kong at the same time as promoting the new film. I just got here this morning when my plane landed, then tomorrow I'm going to Shenzhen.

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哎，你们上海人就是好，我们外地人还要花高价跑去深圳通关。

āi ，nǐmen Shànghǎirén jiùshì hǎo ，wǒmen wàidìrén hái yào huā gāojià pǎo qù Shēnzhèn tōngguān 。

Yeah, you Shanghainese really have it good. We outsiders have to pay higher prices and go to Shenzhen to cross the border.

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区别大了。现在自由行只面向上海，北京，深圳等少数大城市。其他地方的人只能申请团签，得跟团旅游。

qūbié dà le 。xiànzài zìyóuxíng zhǐ miànxiàng Shànghǎi ，Běijīng ，Shēnzhèn děng shǎoshù dàchéngshì 。qítā dìfang de rén zhǐnéng shēnqǐng tuánqiān ，děi gēn tuán lǚyóu 。

The difference is huge. Now free traveling is geared towards Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen - just a few large cities. People from other places can only get a group travel permit and should travel with a tour group.

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可以是可以，就是很麻烦。网上有攻略，一般是先去深圳，然后在深圳的通关口岸找个旅行社，花五十块钱做个假名单。我上次就是这么做的。

kěyǐ shì kěyǐ ，jiùshì hěn máfan 。wǎngshàng yǒu gōnglüè ，yībān shì xiān qù Shēnzhèn ，ránhòu zài Shēnzhèn de tōngguān kǒuàn zhǎo gè lǚxíngshè ，huā wǔshí kuài qián zuò gè jiǎ míngdān 。wǒ shàngcì jiùshì zhème zuò de 。

You still can, but it's just a pain. Online there's a guide. You usually go to Shenzhen first, then at the border in Shenzhen you find a travel agency and pay 50 kuai to get on a fake list. I did it last time.

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五个，除了深圳以外，还有珠海、厦门、汕头和海南。

wǔ ge ，chúle Shēnzhèn yǐwài ，hái yǒu Zhūhǎi 、Xiàmén 、Shàntóu hé Hǎinán 。

There are five. Besides Shenzhen, there is Zhuhai, Xiamen, Shantou, and Hainan.

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对了，林峰，是邓小平。他想改革中国封闭、落后的经济，又碰上香港商人要求来广东投资。所以他就决定在深圳设立经济特区。

duì le ，Lín Fēng ，shì Dèng Xiǎopíng 。tā xiǎng gǎigé Zhōngguó fēngbì 、luòhòu de jīngjì ，yòu pèngshàng Xiānggǎng shāngrén yāoqiú lái Guǎngdōng tóuzī 。suǒyǐ tā jiù juédìng zài Shēnzhèn shèlì jīngjì tèqū 。

Yes, Lin Feng, it was Deng Xiaoping. He wished to reform China's closed and backward economy. He encountered a Hong Kong business man who inquired about investing in Guangdong. So, he then decided to establish a special economic zone in Shenzhen.

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