長命工夫長命做

Chinese
long-lived; longevous time and effort taken to perform a task; work long-lived; longevous to do; to make; to produce
trad. (長命工夫長命做) 長命 工夫 長命 做
simp. (长命工夫长命做) 长命 工夫 长命 做
Literally: “long-lasting tasks, one is long-lived to complete them”.

Pronunciation

Proverb

長命工夫長命做

  1. (Cantonese) for tasks that take a long time to complete, one should do them slowly
  2. (Cantonese) longer of life, more time to do infinite tasks
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