打鐵先得本身硬

Chinese

		to forge; to perform the skills of a blacksmith	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	oneself; itself; in itself oneself; itself; in itself; per se	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (打鐵先得本身硬)		打鐵	先	得	本身	硬
simp. (打铁先得本身硬)		打铁	先	得	本身	硬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtiě xiān děi běnshēn yìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄟˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎtiě xiān děi běnshēn yìng [Phonetic: dátiěxiāndéiběnshēnyìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄟˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎtiě sian děi běnshen yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-tʻieh³ hsien¹ tei³ pên³-shên¹ ying⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-tyě syān děi běn-shēn yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatiee shian deei beenshen yinq
    • Palladius: дате сянь дэй бэньшэнь ин (date sjanʹ dɛj bɛnʹšɛnʹ in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ teɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

打鐵先得本身硬

1. Synonym of 打鐵還需自身硬／打铁还需自身硬 (dǎtiě hái xū zìshēn yìng)