汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 铜筋铁骨
铜筋铁骨 (銅筋鐵骨)
Copper bars and iron bones
A rib like copper, a bone like iron / A metaphor for a very strong body / Also refers to a person who can carry heavy responsibilities
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他本来是一副铜筋铁骨,黑皮肤衬着那一套大布之衣,看去像个乡下人。

He was as strong as a man of steel, his dark complexion set off by clothes of coarse cloth, looking like someone from the countryside.