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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

好事多磨

hǎo shì duō mó

1 the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎！梦想是丰满的，现实是骨感的。所以梦里想想就算了，真的跑去当兵的也没几个。部队的条件怎么好跟家里的比，他们就是要用艰苦的条件磨练你的意志。

āi ！mèngxiǎng shì fēngmǎn de ，xiànshí shì gǔgǎn de 。suǒyǐ mènglǐ xiǎngxiang jiù suànle ，zhēnde pǎo qù dāng bīng de yě méi jǐ ge 。bùduì de tiáojiàn zěnme hǎo gēn jiālǐ de bǐ ，tāmen jiùshì yào yòng jiānkù de tiáojiàn móliàn nǐ de yìzhì 。

Ha! People have plenty of dreams but in reality people take action on very few. People are content to think about such dreams, but there are very few who will actually go enlist. The conditions within the army can't be compared with those of having a family, so they use harsh training to temper your will.

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不是，我们是喜欢会撒娇的女人。撒娇不到位没用，过头了又让人烦。只有恰到好处，才能达到效果。不过我一直都想问，撒娇是你们女人天生就会的还是后天磨练出来的？

bùshì ，wǒ men shì xǐhuan huì sājiāo de nǚrén 。sājiāo bù dàowèi méi yòng ，guòtóu le yòu ràngrén fán 。zhǐyǒu qiàdàohǎochù ，cáinéng dádào xiàoguǒ 。bùguò wǒ yīzhí dōu xiǎng wèn ，sājiāo shì nǐ men nǚrén tiānshēng jiù huì de hái shì hòutiān móliàn chūlai de ？

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