铁板钉钢钉，硬到家鐵板釘鋼釘，硬到家鐵板釘鋼釘，硬到家

Driving a steel nail into an iron plate: as hard as it gets

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes a person who is extremely firm or uncompromising in attitude or character.
Wordplay: 硬 (yìng) means both physically hard and tough or unyielding in attitude.

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Simplified: 铁板钉钢钉，硬到家
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵板釘鋼釘，硬到家
Pinyin: tiěbǎn dìng gāng dīng, yìng dào jiā
Pinyin (Taiwan): tiěbǎn dīng gāng dīng, yìng dào jiā
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄥㄍㄤㄉㄧㄥ，ㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

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

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