諺語 · a single proverb
一勤天下無難事
Simplified: 一勤天下无难事
What does 一勤天下無難事 (yī qín tiān xià wú nán shì) mean?
一勤天下無難事 (yī qín tiān xià wú nán shì) is a folk proverb (yànyǔ 諺語). Word for word it reads "with diligence, nothing under heaven is difficult." In use it means: Hard work dissolves every difficulty; the person who shows up and works is the person who finds the wall has a door. You reach for it when you want that idea in one breath, and the Earth note it carries is why we hand it to those born in the Year of the Ox.
Literally: "with diligence, nothing under heaven is difficult."
The reading
Difficulty is not a wall. It is a filter. It separates the people who stop from the people who keep working. The people who keep working eventually find that the difficulty has thinned, not because the problem shrank but because their skill grew around it. Diligence is the one tool that fits every lock.
What kind of proverb it is
Source Common folk proverb; attributed to various Qing dynasty texts
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Keep reading
Return to the Proverb Pond to draw another of the eighty-seven, or hear one read aloud. Read the rest of its chapter in Wealth, Work & Diligence, or follow the years these lines belong to: Year of the Ox, Year of the Rat, and Year of the Tiger.
Questions
Is 一勤天下無難事 a real Chinese proverb?
Yes. 一勤天下無難事 (yī qín tiān xià wú nán shì) is a folk proverb (yànyǔ 諺語), and it comes from Common folk proverb; attributed to various Qing dynasty texts. It is living Chinese heritage, given here with per-character pinyin and its source so you can trust the line, not a phrase invented in English.
How do you pronounce 一勤天下無難事?
In Mandarin it is yī qín tiān xià wú nán shì. Read the pinyin above each character to follow the tones, or press the speaker beside the calligraphy to hear your browser read 一勤天下無難事 aloud in Mandarin.