业精于勤 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 業精於勤 yèjīngyúqín ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. Practice makes perfect. Character by character 业(yè)surname Ye 精(jīng)essence 于(yú)surname Yu 勤(qín)diligent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0