吃了秤砣，铁了心吃了秤砣，鐵了心吃了秤砣，鐵了心

swallowed a steelyard weight: heart turned to iron

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Someone is absolutely determined and won't be moved.
Wordplay: 铁 (tiě) is literally 'iron', which the weight is made of, and figuratively 'firm and unshakable', so 铁了心 means a heart set hard as iron.

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Simplified: 吃了秤砣，铁了心
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃了秤砣，鐵了心
Pinyin: chīle chèngtuó, tiělexīn
Bopomofo: ㄔ ˙ㄌㄜㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ，ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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