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Definitions
1. the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
2. to show one's true colors after a stern test
Components
烈火
liè huǒ
–
raging inferno
见
jiàn
–
to see
真
zhēn
–
really
金
Jīn
–
surname Jin