Sharpen the lead
Mo lead CE Jian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ó Qi ā NC è Ji ǎ n, which means sharpening a blunt knife and whipping a donkey. It refers to doing it with effort. It comes from the book with Chen geishi.
The origin of Idioms
Bai Juyi's book of affairs with Chen gei in the Tang Dynasty: "you can go forward with him and beg for a word, but a boy will sharpen his courage and forge ahead."
Idiom usage
To do as best as possible.
Sharpen the lead
add radiance and beauty to each other - jiāo xiāng huī yìng
enjoy long life and good fortune - fú shòu mián mián
have no alternative against one's will - pò bù dé yǐ
It's not that friends don't get together - bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu