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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		杵	杵	[chu3]	/pestle/to poke/	7121	1
		金剛杵	金刚杵	[jin1 gang1 chu3]	/vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)/	4172	1
		磨杵成針	磨杵成针	[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]	/to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task/to study diligently/	6353	1
		鐵杵成針	铁杵成针	[tie3 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]	/see 磨杵成針\|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]/	3593	1
		血流漂杵	血流漂杵	[xue4 liu2 piao1 chu3]	/enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood/blood bath/	6353	1
		只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針	只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针	[zhi3 yao4 gong1 fu5 shen1 , tie3 chu3 mo2 cheng2 zhen1]	/If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle./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/to study diligently/	6080	1

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