千錘百煉

Chinese

		thousand	to hammer; weight of steel yard	hundred	refine; smelt
trad. (千錘百煉/千錘百鍊)		千	錘	百	煉/鍊
simp. (千锤百炼)		千	锤	百	炼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānchuíbǎiliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ ceoi⁴ baak³ lin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānchuíbǎiliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianchuéibǎiliàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chʻui²-pai³-lien⁴
    • Yale: chyān-chwéi-bǎi-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianchweibaeliann
    • Palladius: цяньчуйбайлянь (cjanʹčujbajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ ceoi⁴ baak³ lin⁶
    • Yale: chīn chèuih baak lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ tsoey⁴ baak⁸ lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ cêu⁴ bag³ lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ paːk̚³ liːn²²/

Idiom

千錘百煉

1. hard work and numerous revisions