kěn
tou

idiom
common

Meaning of 蚂蚁啃骨头

蚂蚁啃骨头 means to tackle a huge task through small, persistent efforts with limited means. Pronounced mǎ yǐ kěn gǔ tou.

  • to tackle a huge task through small, persistent efforts with limited means

Definitions & Examples

men
méi
yǒu
zhòng
xíng
xiè
 
zhǐ
néng
kào
kěn
tou
de
jīng
shén
xiū
jiàn
zhè
tiáo
shān
 

Without heavy machinery, they could only rely on the 'ant gnawing at a bone' spirit to build this mountain road.

yán
tuán
duì
yòng
zhè
zhǒng
kěn
tou
de
fāng
 
zhōng
gōng
le
shù
nán
guān
 

Using this method of 'ants gnawing at a bone,' the research team finally overcame the technical hurdle.

Dāng
chū
chuàng
 
men
jiù
shì
kěn
tou
 
diǎn
diǎn
gōng
zuò
lái
de
 

When we started the business, we built the company bit by bit, just like ants gnawing at a bone.

kěn
tou
de
jīng
shén
zhí
men
xué
 

The spirit of 'ants gnawing at a bone' is worth learning from.