花岗岩 (huā gāng yán) — granite (a hard igneous rock used in construction); (figurative) stubborn as a rock, unyielding
Definition
A literal igneous rock used in buildings and sculpture, and a common metaphor for extreme stubbornness ('stubborn as granite'). The figurative sense is far more frequent in everyday Chinese than the geological one.
noun
granite (a hard igneous rock used in construction)(figurative) stubborn as a rockunyielding
Measure word · 块
Examples
- 花岗岩，。Zhè zhǒng huā gāng yán fēi cháng jiān yìng, cháng yòng yú jiàn zhù cái liào.This kind of granite is very hard and is often used as a building material.
- 花岗岩，。Tā de sī xiǎng jiù xiàng huā gāng yán yí yàng, shuí yě gǎi biàn bù liǎo.His mindset is as stubborn as granite; no one can change it.
- 花岗岩。Zhè zuò diāo sù shì yòng huā gāng yán diāo kè ér chéng de.This sculpture is carved from granite.
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