铁刷子刷铜锅，硬碰硬鐵刷子刷銅鍋，硬碰硬鐵刷子刷銅鍋，硬碰硬

An iron brush scrubbing a copper pot: hard meets hard

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Two tough sides clash and neither gives way, or two equally strong experts compete evenly.
Wordplay: 硬 (yìng) means both physically hard and tough or skilled.

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Simplified: 铁刷子刷铜锅，硬碰硬
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵刷子刷銅鍋，硬碰硬
Pinyin: tiě shuāzi shuā tóng guō, yìngpèngyìng
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄕㄨㄚㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛ，ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄥˋ ㄧㄥˋ

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

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