良工心苦 — Chinese idiom
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
Meaning
- expert craft from hard practice ; hard-won skill
- A masterpiece demands suffering.
Character by character
- 良liánggood, virtuous, respectable
- 工gōnglabor, work; laborer, worker
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
- 丧尽天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng
- 广结良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán
- 挚友良朋 zhì yǒu liáng péng
- 良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng
- 良师益友 liáng shī yì yǒu
- 良心喂狗 liáng xīn wèi gǒu
- 良心发现 liáng xīn fā xiàn
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