be toughened and hardened into steel
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à Ili à NCH é ng à ng, which means that iron is tempered repeatedly before it becomes tough steel. It means that after a long period of hard training, it becomes very strong. It comes from Wu Jun Fu by Chen Lin of Han Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] strong and unyielding; antonym] spoiled, crisp but not strong
The origin of Idioms
Han Chen Lin's Wu Jun Fu: "armor is Donghu que Gong, all refined and rigid."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate and attributive; commendatory words can be used as metaphor to show that people are not afraid of failure and have a strong will.
Examples
His Zhou Dayong's soldiers, however, were tempered into steel in the war and mastered the ability to attack the enemy. ——Chapter 7 of defending Yan'an by Du Pengcheng
Chinese PinYin : bǎi liàn chéng gāng
be toughened and hardened into steel
When the sun is in the middle of the day, the moon is full. rì zhōng zé zè,yuè mǎn zé kuī
A thousand year old crane returns home. qiān suì hè guī
compete to produce length articles with flowery language. kuā duō dòu mí
a situation of tripartite confrontation. sān fēn dǐng lì
do a thing hurriedly at the last moment. lín zhèn mó dāo