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固若金汤

gù ruò jīn tāng

4-character word Traditional 固若金湯

What 固若金汤 means

1. (lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
2. (fig.) well fortified; invulnerable to attack

The characters in 固若金汤

• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 汤tāngsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs