铁石心肠 tiě shí xīn cháng

hard-hearted; unfeeling; to have a heart of stone

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 16378th word

Definitions

  1. 1. hard-hearted
  2. 2. unfeeling
  3. 3. to have a heart of stone

Characters

Character Meaning
铁 tiě HSK 3
iron (metal); hard; strong
石 shí HSK 5
stone; rock; surname Shi
心 xīn HSK 3
heart; mind; intention
肠 cháng HSK 5
intestines; old variant of 腸cháng