4 characters Idiom and proverb 29 872

Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「鐵面無私」 below.

Here’s the idiom 「鐵面無私」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Describes being fair and strict, not afraid of power, and not showing any mercy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiě miàn wú sī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tit3 min6/min2 mou4 si1

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