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恨铁不成钢 (恨鐵不成鋼)

hèn tiě bù chéng gāng

Definition

  1. (lit.) to hate iron for not becoming steel
  2. to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)

Character Decomposition

恨
=
忄
+
艮
铁
=
钅
+
失
不
=
丆
+
卜
成
=
万
+
？
钢
=
钅
+
冈

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