窑里的砖坯,越烧越硬窯里的磚坯,越燒越硬窯里的磚坯,越燒越硬

raw bricks in the kiln: the more they are fired, the harder they get

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

Meaning: People grow tougher the more hardship they go through. Approving.
Wordplay: 硬 (yìng) means physically hard and also strong-willed; the bricks harden as people toughen.

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Simplified: 窑里的砖坯,越烧越硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 窯里的磚坯,越燒越硬
Pinyin: yáo lǐ de zhuānpī,yuè shāo yuè yìng
Bopomofo: ㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄓㄨㄢㄆㄧ,ㄩㄝˋ ㄕㄠㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄥˋ

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

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