恨鐵不成鋼

Chinese
to hate iron not; no
 
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 steel
trad. (恨鐵不成鋼) 恨 鐵 不 成 鋼
simp. (恨铁不成钢) 恨 铁 不 成 钢
Literally: “to hate iron for not becoming steel”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ

Idiom

恨鐵不成鋼

  1. (figuratively) to feel resentful towards someone for failing to meet expectations; to be impatient to see improvement
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