Question help with a line

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  1. dmtranslations

    dmtranslations Well-Known Member

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    没有几十年的苦修是练不成的。
     
  2. PenguinXeus

    PenguinXeus Just A Penguin, Kigurumi Wakuseijin

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    No work can be done without decades of hard work.

    i think
     
  3. Eques

    Eques Translation machine (not)

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    No context, but... It can't be done without decades of hard work or It can't be done without many years of bitter/painful training
    ...I think :cookie:
     
  4. Playful Devil Miki995

    Playful Devil Miki995 [Happy go lucky~]

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    Well~ the above got the meaning right. But you can make it sound cooler in my opinion. [That technique/ skill wasn’t something that could be learnt readily; it required a few decades of bitter training to master it .]
    XD I’m assuming it is like a skill~