恨鐵不成鋼 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 恨铁不成钢 hèntiěbùchénggāng ㄏㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations Character by character 恨(hèn)hate 鐵(tiě)surname Tie 不(bù)no 成(chéng)surname Cheng 鋼(gāng)steel A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0