百煉成鋼

Chinese

		hundred	refine; smelt	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	steel
trad. (百煉成鋼/百鍊成鋼)		百	煉/鍊	成	鋼
simp. (百炼成钢)		百	炼	成	钢
Literally: “to temper into steel”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiliànchénggāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ lin⁶ sing⁴ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiliànchénggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiliànchénggang
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-lien⁴-chʻêng²-kang¹
    • Yale: bǎi-lyàn-chéng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeliannchernggang
    • Palladius: байляньчэнган (bajljanʹčɛngan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ lin⁶ sing⁴ gong³
    • Yale: baak lihn sìhng gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ lin⁶ sing⁴ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ lin⁶ xing⁴ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ liːn²² sɪŋ²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

百煉成鋼

1. to be forged in repeated struggles