王八吃秤锤，铁了心王八吃秤錘，鐵了心王八吃秤錘，鐵了心

a turtle swallows a steelyard weight: its heart has turned to iron

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Someone has firmly made up their mind and won't be moved. The word 王八 is coarse.

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Simplified: 王八吃秤锤，铁了心
Traditional (Taiwan): 王八吃秤錘，鐵了心
Pinyin: wángba chī chèngchuí, tiělexīn
Bopomofo: ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚㄔㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ，ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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