铁打的营盘流水的兵 鐵打的營盤流水的兵 鐵打的營盤流水的兵

The camp is forged of iron, the soldiers flow like water

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use

Meaning
The institution stays while its people keep changing. Used of any organisation with a steady turnover.
Simplified
铁打的营盘流水的兵
Traditional (Taiwan)
鐵打的營盤流水的兵
Pinyin
tiědǎ de yíngpán liúshuǐ de bīng
Bopomofo
ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄅㄧㄥ

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

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