台上一分钟，台下十年功
Traditional: 臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功Dictionary entry
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
What does 台上一分钟，台下十年功 mean?
台上一分钟，台下十年功 (tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
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台上一分钟，台下十年功
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