Suìyuè bǎ tā liàn chéng le bǎiliànqiān, píqi bǐ niánqīng shí róushùn duō le.
The years refined him like tempered lead; his temper is much softer than when he was young.
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Unlike 百炼钢 (steel hardened by refining), 百炼铅 uses 铅 (lead) because refined lead becomes softer and more pliable. The metaphor: hardship made the person yield rather than harden.
