Cut the iron to silence
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu ē Ti ě w ú sh ē ng, which means the sword is sharp. From the story of heroes and heroines.
The origin of Idioms
The sixth chapter of the biography of heroes and Heroines: "the blade is thin, the point is long, the target is short, the iron is silent, and the blade is blown."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attribute; used of weapons, etc
Chinese PinYin : xuē tiě wú shēng
Cut the iron to silence
forget honour at the prospect of profits. jiàn lì wàng yì
Cutting green and cutting red. kè cuì cái hóng
be servile to one 's superiors and tyrannical to one 's subordinates. chǎn shàng qī xià
Three inch bird, seven inch mouth. sān cùn niǎo,qī cùn zuǐ
There is nothing to be ashamed of. bǎi wú yī kān