Learn Chinese Proverb
台上一分鐘[钟]，台下十年功
tái shàng yì fēn zhōng, tái xià shí nián gōng
One minute on the stage, ten years of practice off the stage.
It indicates takes thousands hundreds time to practice before you have a good performance on stage .
Example sentence
His Chinese skill is very good. "台上一分鐘，台下十年功", he must learn with great effort.
他中文很好，「台上一分鐘，台下十年功」，他一定付出很多努力。
tā zhōngwén hěn hǎo, 「tái shàng yì fēn zhōng, tái xià shí nián gōng」, tā yí dìng fù chū hěn duō nǔ lì
Vocabulary
台 is shortened from 舞台
舞台 wǔ tái stage
上 shàng up, upside
一 yī one
分鐘 fēn zhōng minute
下 xià under, down side
十 shí ten
年 nián year
功 is shortened from 功夫
功夫 gōng fū endeavor ,skill , kung fu
一定 yí dìng must
付出 fù chū pay out
努力 nǔ lì endeavor
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