百炼成钢

百煉成鋼

bǎiliànchénggāng

idiom

Meanings

1 tempered a hundred times into steel
2 hardened by repeated trials
3 strength forged through long discipline

Characters

to refine / temper

Examples

没有磨练，就没有百炼成钢。

Méi yǒu móliàn, jiù méi yǒu bǎi liàn chéng gāng.

Without trials, no one is forged into steel.

运动员经过多年训练，百炼成钢。

Yùndòngyuán jīngguò duō nián xùnliàn, bǎi liàn chéng gāng.

After years of training, the athlete was tempered like steel.

只有百炼成钢的团队才能面对这样的挑战。

Zhǐyǒu bǎi liàn chéng gāng de tuánduì cái néng miànduì zhèyàng de tiǎozhàn.

Only a battle-hardened team can face this kind of challenge.

Tips

history

From 汉·陈琳《武军赋》: a Han-dynasty war rhapsody describing armor of 'steel tempered a hundred times' (百炼精刚). Iron ore was literally folded and hammered again and again by ancient smiths to drive out impurities — the figurative meaning grew directly out of the forge.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

炼 liàn

成 chéng

钢 gāng