孙猴子进了八卦炉，越炼越结实孫猴子進了八卦爐，越煉越結實孫猴子進了八卦爐，越煉越結實

Monkey Sun enters the trigram furnace: the more he is refined, the sturdier he gets

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of someone who becomes tougher and stronger through training and hardship.
Wordplay: 炼 (liàn, smelt or refine) puns on 练 (liàn, train or practise), so 'the more refined' also reads 'the more trained'.

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Simplified: 孙猴子进了八卦炉，越炼越结实
Traditional (Taiwan): 孫猴子進了八卦爐，越煉越結實
Pinyin: sūnhóuzi jìnle bāguàlú, yuè liàn yuè jiēshi
Bopomofo: ㄙㄨㄣㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄅㄚㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄨˊ，ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄕ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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