恨铁不成钢 (恨鐵不成鋼)
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Pinyin
Definition
恨铁不成钢 (恨鐵不成鋼)
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- lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
- to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)