a body strong as iron

a body strong as iron

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is g ā NGJ ī NTI ě g ǔ, which means that the muscles and bones are cast like steel. It describes a strong body or a strong will. From half a day's journey.

The origin of Idioms

Cao Yu's a half day's journey: "in a room with cushions and all kinds of weight lifting equipment, I met a group of tough young people."

Idiom usage

A strong body. example sleeping in the open, fighting North and south, tempering a pair of steel, loyal. People's literature, No.8, 1977