磨穿铁砚 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 磨穿鐵硯 móchuāntiěyàn ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ to grind one's way through an ink stone to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) to study diligently (idiom) Character by character 磨(mó)rub 穿(chuān)bore through 铁(tiě)surname Tie 砚(yàn)ink-stone A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0