良工心苦 — Chinese idiom

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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