Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「烈火真金」, detailed below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「烈火真金」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Fiery: a raging fire, a fierce fire. Real gold is not afraid of fire, and real gold can be identified in the fierce fire.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
liè huǒ zhēn jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
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The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
