A sister of hers who had come to Japan to study medicine had it easier, she thought: "You go all out to become a doctor and that's that.
陳進有個妹妹後來也在日本，學醫。「那時我常想，學醫多好，拚命拿到醫學博士就好了」，陳進說：「不像畫畫，沒有停下來喘口氣的機會。」