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Let’s learn about the idiom 「心如鐵石」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

The heart is as hard as stone. It is a metaphor for being hard-hearted or very determined.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn rú tiě shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 yu4 tit3 sek6

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