千锤百炼 qiān chuí bǎi liàn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

千 qiān
HSK 2
thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
锤 chuí
HSK 6
balance weight on scale; hammer
百 bǎi
HSK 2
one hundred; numerous, many
炼 liàn
HSK 3
smelt, refine; distill, condense