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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

国家兴亡，匹夫有责

guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé

1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.

天下兴亡，匹夫有责

tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé

1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.

夫妻反目

fū qī fǎn mù

渔夫在抓鱼的时候，不是鱼被抓起来，死了，就是鱼咬破网子，逃走了。

yúfū zài zhuā yú de shíhou ，búshì yú bèi zhuā qǐlái ，sǐ le ，jiùshì yú yǎo pò wǎngzi ，táozǒu le 。

When the fisherman is fishing, either the fish gets caught and dies, or the fish breaks the net and gets away.

渔夫

yúfū

The Fisherman

有一天，河边的渔夫认出了屈原，两人就谈起话来。

yǒu yī tiān ，hébiān de yúfū rènchū le Qū Yuán ，liǎng rén jiù tán qǐ huà lái 。

One day, a fisherman by the river recognised Qu Yuan and the two men began to talk.

渔夫听了他的话，微微地笑了笑，划起船来，边敲船身边唱歌。

yúfū tīng le tā de huà ，wēiwēi de xiào le xiào ，huá qǐ chuán lái ，biān qiāo chuánshēn biān chànggē 。

After the fisherman listened to what he had said, he smiled gently and started rowing his boat. He tapped his boat and started singing.

渔夫就这样走了，不再和屈原多说什么。

yúfū jiù zhèyàng zǒu le ，búzài hé Qū Yuán duō shuō shénme 。

The fisherman left just like that and did not utter another word to Qu Yuan.