1. hard work, industry, labour, effort, pains, application, sweat, graft (informal), slog, exertion, drudgery, travail, donkey-work, elbow grease (informal), blood, sweat, and tears (informal) It is only toil which gives meaning to things.
Mingming Sun (born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese basketball player. It has been argued that he is the tallest player to ever play professional basketball, although Guinness World Records indicates Libyan Suleiman Ali Nashnush was taller. Mingming stands 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) and weighing 370 lb (168 kg).
Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China. Standing at 7 feet six inches tall, Yao was the tallest active player in the NBA during his final season in the league. Yao began playing basketball professionally as a teenager for the Shanghai Sharks (a team he would eventually purchase).