真金不怕火来烧 (真金不怕火來燒)
zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo
Pinyin
Definition
真金不怕火来烧 (真金不怕火來燒)
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- see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 really
- 2 truly
- 3 indeed
- 4 real
- 5 true
- 6 genuine
- 1 to get angry
- 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
- 1 not long (after)
- 2 before too long
- 3 soon
- 4 soon after
- 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
- 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
- 3 awfully
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
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
- 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
- 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
- 3 each word is highly valued