铁打的馒头,啃不动 鐵打的饅頭,啃不動 鐵打的饅頭,啃不動

An iron-forged steamed bun: you can't bite into it

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A difficult problem is hard to solve.
Simplified
铁打的馒头,啃不动
Traditional (Taiwan)
鐵打的饅頭,啃不動
Pinyin
tiědǎ de mántou, kěn bú dòng
Bopomofo
ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄎㄣˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

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

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