tiě bàng iron club; steel rod

tiě bàng mó chéng zhēn iron rod grinding into needle

rén men people

zhǐ yào if only; so long as

zhī yào gōng fū shēn as long as the skill is deep

gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort

lǐ bái Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet

xiǎo shí hour

jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily

xiǎo hé brook

lǎo pó po granny; old lady

pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma

yī gēn one (bar, etc.)

kě néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps

tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient

míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

jiān chí to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

nǔ lì great effort; to strive; to try hard

zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job

chéng gōng success; to succeed

hòu lái afterwards; later

yǒu míng famous; well-known

shī rén bard; poet