是吃了秤砣铁了心了
“absolutely determined.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在这个七叔啊
“Now, Qi is”
是 吃了秤砣铁了心 了
“absolutely determined.”
一个字都不肯说
“He won't say a single word.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Swallowing a dense iron scale weight metaphorically depicts a heart weighed down and solidified into unyielding resolve.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
completely determined; dead set on something; stubborn as a mule
A vivid traditional idiom used colloquially to describe someone utterly unyielding and refusing to budge.
Emphasizes the completion and absolute state of a firm, unchangeable decision.