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台上几分钟，台下十年功
/ tái shàng jǐ fēn zhōng tái xià shí nián gōng /
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Collocation
1
真所谓台上几分钟，台下十年功啊
2
俗话说，台上几分钟，台下十年功
3
台上几分钟，台下十年功，不下苦功不行啊
Definition
台上几分钟，台下十年功
Literally means:
minutes on the stage, dozens of years of hard practice off the stage
Actually means:
any success is the outcome of hard work
台, stage. It literally means several minutes' performance on the stage entails ten years of hard practice. Figuratively it means all skills are attained with years of painstaking training, or that any success is the result of hard work. It is usually used to encourage people to work hard.
台，舞台。在舞台上表演几分钟，需要在舞台下训练十年。比喻任何本领都是经过长期艰苦训练得来的，或者事业的成功是长期艰苦奋斗的结果。多用以鼓励别人下苦功。
Example
Used as a minor sentence or as object. (作小句、宾语)
1
Táishàng
台上
jǐ
几
fēnzhōng
分钟
,
táixià
台下
shí
十
nián
年
gōng
功
。
Xìqǔ
戏曲
yǎnyuán
演员
bù
不
xiàkǔgōng
下苦功
shì
是
shàng
上
bù
不
le
了
wǔtái
舞台
de
的
,
jíshǐ
即使
miǎnqiǎng
勉强
shàng
上
le
了
tái
台
,
yě
也
yǎn
演
bùhǎo
不好
。
A few minutes on stage, ten years on stage. The opera singer can't get on the stage without hard work, even if he barely doesn't get on stage, he can't perform well.
2
Xìqǔjiè
戏曲界
liúchuán
流传
zhāo
着
zhèyàng
这样
yī
一
jù
句
huà
话
:
táishàng
台上
jǐ
几
fēnzhōng
分钟
,
táixià
台下
shí
十
nián
年
gōng
功
,
zhè
这
shuōmíng
说明
yǎnyuán
演员
zài
在
wǔtái
舞台
shàng
上
de
的
shùnjiān
瞬间
guāngcǎi
光彩
shì
是
chángniánlèiyuè
长年累月
de
的
nǔlì
努力
huàn
换
lái
来
de
的
。
The opera world spread such a sentence: a few minutes on stage, ten years on stage, which shows that the actors on the stage of the instant glory is a long-term efforts in exchange.
3
Súhuàshuō
俗话说
,
táishàng
台上
jǐ
几
fēnzhōng
分钟
,
táixià
台下
shí
十
nián
年
gōng
功
。
Nǐ
你
yàoshi
要是
xiǎng
想
jiānglái
将来
néng
能
kǎoshàng
考上
yīliú
一流
dàxué
大学
bìng
并
qù
去
guówài
国外
dòu
读
bóshì
博士
,
nā
那
jiù
就
bìxū
必须
cóng
从
xiànzài
现在
kāishǐ
开始
yònggōng
用功
。
As the saying goes, a few minutes on stage, ten years on stage. If you want to be able to go to a first-class university and go abroad to study for a Ph.D., you must work hard from now on.