See 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"zh_pron": "dzi² jiu³ gung¹ fu¹ sam¹"
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "chih³-yao⁴ kung¹-fu⁵ shên¹"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
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"zh_pron": "tʻieh³-chʻu³ mo² chʻêng² chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "jř-yàu gūng-fu shēn-"
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},
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