Hate iron but not steel(hèn tiě bù chéng gāng)

Hate iron but not steel

Hate iron but not steel is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h è NTI ě B ù ch é NGG ā ng, which means to express dissatisfaction with the expected person who is not striving for success and is eager to make him better. It comes from the 96th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "just because Baoyu is not progressive, I often hate him. It just means" hate iron but not steel. "

brief introduction

Chapter 96 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "just because Bao Yu is not progressive, I often hate him, which just means" hate iron but not steel. " [example] 1. Zhou Libo's great changes in the countryside: "this is the hatred of" hating iron but not steel ", not hatred. 2. The teacher hates that iron does not make steel, so he is very strict with us. Looking at the blast furnace, I feel like I hate iron but not steel

English translation

wishironcouldturnintosteelatonce elderresenttheidlenessoftheyounger

Idiom story

In a dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu is ill because she lost her psychic jade. Jia's mother and Wang Xifeng discuss that Xue Baochai should be married to Baoyu in order to save Baoyu's life. Just at this time, Jia's wife ordered him to make a decision. Jia Zheng also wanted his son, who hated iron but did not succeed, to recover as soon as possible, to get married and start a business, so as to inherit his ancestral inheritance. He also agreed to have a happy event immediately.

Chinese PinYin : hèn tiě bù chéng gāng