人是铁饭是钢
Traditional form:
人是鐵飯是鋼
Pinyin (reading):
rénshìtiěfànshìgāng
Definitions:
- one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
- an empty sack cannot stand upright
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
- 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice
- 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 钢 - steel; hard, strong, tough
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