Cast iron and cast copper
The Chinese idiom Ti ě D ǎ t ó ngzhi ù means made of iron and cast with copper. It's very strong. From Li Zicheng.
The origin of Idioms
Yao xueyin's "Li Zicheng" Volume I Chapter 24: "please rest assured, brother, it's not stupid brother who blows around after drinking, my village is really like cast iron."
Idiom usage
It is often used in writing.
Chinese PinYin : tiě dǎ tóng zhù
Cast iron and cast copper
month after month and year after year. jīng nián lěi yuè