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The idiom 「心如堅石」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
The heart is as hard as stone. It is a metaphor for being hard-hearted or very determined. Same as “heart as hard as stone”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xīn rú jiān shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 yu4 gin1 sek6
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