| 皇天不负苦心人 |
Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén |
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually. |
| 皇 |
Huáng |
surname Huang |
| 皇 |
huáng |
emperor / old variant of 惶 |
| 皇天 |
Huáng tiān |
August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土, the Earth Deity) |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不负 |
bù fù |
to live up to |
| 负 |
fù |
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) |
| 苦 |
kǔ |
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 苦心 |
kǔ xīn |
painstaking effort / to take a lot of trouble / laborious at pains |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |