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Original source entry:
皇天不負苦心人 皇天不负苦心人 [Huang2 tian1 bu4 fu4 ku3 xin1 ren2] /Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually./Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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