打鐵還需自身硬

Chinese

		to forge; to perform the skills of a blacksmith	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	to require; to need; to want to require; to need; to want; necessity; need	self; oneself; one's own	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (打鐵還需自身硬)		打鐵	還	需	自身	硬
simp. (打铁还需自身硬)		打铁	还	需	自身	硬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtiě hái xū zìshēn yìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄒㄩ ㄗˋ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎtiě hái xū zìshēn yìng [Phonetic: dátiěháixūzìshēnyìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄒㄩ ㄗˋ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎtiě hái syu zìhshen yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-tʻieh³ hai² hsü¹ tzŭ⁴-shên¹ ying⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-tyě hái syū dz̀-shēn yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatiee hair shiu tzyhshen yinq
    • Palladius: дате хай сюй цзышэнь ин (date xaj sjuj czyšɛnʹ in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

打鐵還需自身硬

1. it takes a good blacksmith to forge good tools; to do a job well, one must be highly competent

Synonyms

• 打鐵先得本身硬／打铁先得本身硬 (dǎtiě xiān děi běnshēn yìng)