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if others succeed by making one ounce of effort, I will make a hundred times as much effort

人一己百
rén yī jǐ bǎi
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lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities笨鸟先飞bèn niǎo xiān fēi
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