業精於勤 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 业精于勤 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 業(yè)surname Ye 精(jīng)essence 於(yú)in 勤(qín)diligent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0