铁石心肠

鐵石心腸

tiěshí-xīncháng

idiom #16,278

Meanings

她铁石心肠，一点也不同情别人。

Tā tiěshíxīncháng, yīdiǎn yě bùtóng qíng biérén.

She has a heart of stone and doesn't sympathize with others at all.

再铁石心肠的人看了也会流泪。

Zài tiěshíxīncháng de rén kàn le yě huì liúlèi.

Even the most hard-hearted person would shed tears after seeing this.

memory

铁 (iron) 石 (stone) 心 (heart) 肠 (intestines/feelings) — a heart and gut made of iron and stone. Nearly identical to the English 'heart of stone.'

铁 tiě

石 shí

心 xīn

肠 cháng