







铁打心肠 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a heart of steel”. To be resolute and unyielding in character. Literally, “Iron-forged heart”.

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Open the tool →铁打心肠 (tiě dǎ xīn cháng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a heart of steel”.
铁打心肠 is pronounced tiě dǎ xīn cháng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 铁打心肠 means “Iron-forged heart”. It is used to mean “to have a heart of steel”.
谓心肠像铁铸成的。形容人刚强的秉性。