铁石心肠 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

铁石心肠的人

2

真是铁石心肠

3

……（办某事）要有铁石心肠

4

为何如此铁石心肠

Definition

铁石心肠

Literally means:

be iron-hearted; have a hear to of stone

Actually means:

It means that one's heart is made of iron and stones.

Metaphorically it describes that someone has a firm character or an iron will and is unmoved by feelings.

心肠用铁和石做成的。

比喻性格或意志刚强坚定，不为感情所打动。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)

1

Lǎoshí

老实

shuō

说

,

rúguǒ

如果

wǒ

我

tiěshíxīncháng

铁石心肠

,

wǒ

我

jiù

就

bùhuì

不会

zhèyàng

这样

yī

一

cì

次

yòu

又

yī

一

cì

次

dì

地

qù

去

bāngzhù

帮助

tā

他

le

了

。

To be honest, if I had a heart, I wouldn't have helped him again and again.

2

Zhìlǐ

治理

huánjìng

环境

wūrǎn

污染

yào

要

yǒu

有

tiěshíxīncháng

铁石心肠

,

bù

不

néng

能

xīncíshǒuruǎn

心慈手软

,

gāi

该

fá

罚

de

的

yào

要

fá

罚

,

gāi

该

guānbì

关闭

de

的

gōngchǎng

工厂

yīdìng

一定

yào

要

guāndiào

关掉

。

To control environmental pollution to have a stone heart, can not be soft-hearted, the penalty to be punished, the closed factory must be shut down.

3

Biéren

别人

yǒu

有

kùnnan

困难

nǐ

你

bù

不

bāngzhù

帮助

,

biéren

别人

yǒu

有

wēixiǎn

危险

nǐ

你

duǒkāi

躲开

,

nǐ

你

zhèzhǒng

这种

tiěshíxīncháng

铁石心肠

de

的

rénxiàng

人像

nánzǐhàn

男子汉

ma

吗

?

Others have difficulties you do not help, others have danger you avoid, you such a hard-hearted person like a man?