真金不怕火来烧

真金不怕火來燒
zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒláishāo
see 真金不怕火炼 zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒliàn

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 真金 zhēnjīn pure gold
2 不怕 bùpà
  1. fearless
  2. not worried (by setbacks or difficulties)
  3. even if
  4. even though
3 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86
4 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
5 烧 shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head