千錘百鍊 qiān chuí bǎi liàn

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
  2. 2. the vicissitudes of life

Characters

Character Meaning
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
錘 chuí
hammer; to strike with a hammer; to hammer into shape
百 bǎi HSK 2
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
鍊 liàn
to refine; to smelt; variant of 煉liàn