Cold faced iron
Cold face and cold iron, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l à ngmi à NH á NTI à, which means officials who are honest and not afraid of power. It's from Town God's Temple.
The origin of Idioms
Ming and Zhang Dai, "Town God's Temple": "at the beginning of Yongle, worship censors, impeach and speak, and look for the cold shoulder."
Idiom usage
It's used as an object and attribute. It's used as an example in a figurative sentence. History of the Ming Dynasty
Cold faced iron
Tortoise inscriptions and bird tracks - guī wén niǎo jì
travel through all the kingdoms - zhōu yuó liè guó
the sight of familiar objects fills one with infinite melancholy - dǔ wù xīng qíng
sound of footsteps in a deserted valley -- rare , welcome appearance - kōng gǔ zú yīn