秤砣砸核桃，看它能硬到几时
秤砣砸核桃，看它能硬到幾時
秤砣砸核桃，看它能硬到幾時
Smashing a walnut with a steelyard weight: let's see how long it (he) can stay hard
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Said when you expect someone to give up soon and stop resisting. It sounds triumphant or threatening.
- Wordplay
- 它 and 他 are both pronounced tā, so it reads as 'how long can he hold out'. 硬 (yìng) means both a hard shell and a stubborn attitude.
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- Simplified
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秤砣砸核桃，看它能硬到几时
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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秤砣砸核桃，看它能硬到幾時
- Pinyin
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chèngtuó zá hétao, kàn tā néng yìng dào jǐshí
- Bopomofo
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ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄠ，ㄎㄢˋ ㄊㄚ ㄋㄥˊ ㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄕˊ
Written with
HSK 7-9 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
C1.
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