Make a firm effort
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is d ǐ f ē NGT ǐ ng è, which means sharpening the sword and drawing the sword. Resistance by force. It comes from the biography of Fu Long in the book of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Fu Long's biography in the book of the Song Dynasty: "if the son of Shi Hou and the grandson of RI yuan, who are the envoys of Shi Hou and RI yuan, do not wear Tian RI together with their two ancestors, how can they become famous for hundreds of generations and think that they are good talkers?"
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate; used in protest
Chinese PinYin : dǐ fēng tǐng è
Make a firm effort
tears and mucus flowing down rapidly. tì sì zòng héng
dress in scholarly clothes and show refined manners. fāng lǐng jǔ bù
touch gold and turn it into iron -- miscorrect a piece of writing. diǎn jīn chéng tiě
Bury the wheel and break the column. mái lún pò zhù
to live is like being a lodger in the world , and to die is like returning home. shēng jì sǐ guī