after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life
trad. 千錘百鍊
Also written 千錘百鍊【qiān chuí bǎi liàn】
Characters in this word
4千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
锤
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hammer, to hammer into shape, weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance), to strike with a hammer
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Traditional
- 錘
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 27636 of 2500
百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
炼
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to refine, to smelt
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Traditional
- 煉
- Strokes
- 9