idiom > sth.seldom seen or hardly possible as the iron tree blooms
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Tieshukaihua
  Explanation: Tieshu: also known as cycads, evergreen trees, rarely flowering. Metaphor to very rare or extremely difficult to achieve.
  Usage: The main predicate; as subject, object; describe things made hard
  Source: To _set_ out the "Iron's Daughter": "Dayton Open parrot cage, twisting with the duck. Tieshukaihua also be taught that knot."
  Examples: Japanese army crossing the Jinsha, cycads to flowering. (Chen Yi "Gannan guerrilla word")
No. 2
  Tieshu years to flowering time. Describe something very rare rare; also something very easy ones compared to the big hill into the ditch actually Theatre, really Tieshukaihua, never saw the uncommon | Despite numerous shady case, but also Tieshukaihua also get to the bottom knot.
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tiě shù kāi huā
  Into something, hard, impossible or extremely rare anecdote different things
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No. 4
  Also for "cycads open China."
   Something, very rare or extremely difficult to achieve. Cycads tropical origin, rarely flowering. "Resume Normal body lights recorded or Um Zen Master": "Chun Xi Yi Hai August Moon said micro illness, John other Mayor had dyed the public. Catch the midnight book tracing the public speech said: 'cycads open China, rooster Health eggs seven years, the cradle of rope off. 'Zhibi cloud lonely. "Ming to set the" Iron's Daughter ":" Dayton Open parrot cage, twisting the duck with. Tieshukaihua also be taught that knot. "heard" Dead Water * a word ":" The statement asked me how to say today? you do not believe Tieshukaihua can, then there is a word you listen. "also for" cycads bloom. " Yamashina economy "hand mirror, inquiring gentleman Church": "Jiangsu and Zhejiang between the taste of a vulgar condole see something difficult as clouds, the clouds have cycads bloom." Qing Yang Chao View "guankou Jiro previews Holy": "Look Xiawang Ding Qi on the branch number, cycads bloom too early. "
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Idiom
  Idioms】 【: Tieshukaihua
  】 【Pronunciation: tiě shù kāi huā
  【Explanation】: cycads: also known as cycads, evergreen trees, rarely flowering. Metaphor to very rare or extremely difficult to achieve.
  【Source】: Ji Ming Wang, "Gentleman Church at exercise hand mirror": "Jiangsu and Zhejiang between the taste of a popular saying goes, see things too hard, the clouds must Tieshukaihua."
  【Example】: Japanese troops crossing the Jinsha, cycads to flowering. ★ Chen Yi "Gannan guerrilla word"
  【Usage】: as subject, object; describe things very difficult to make
  "Tieshukaihua" is a proverb, metaphor is very rare or very difficult thing, it is a synonym for "rooster to lay eggs," "the sun from the west," and so on. Tieshukaihua really that difficult?
  In fact, the cycads is a tropical plant, like the warm, humid climate, cold intolerance. In the South, it is generally planted in the garden it, if the conditions are right, you can have flowers every year. If you moved it to the north plant, due to low temperature drying climate, growth will be very slow, flowering will become more scarce. From this, "Tieshukaihua" idiom, the invention must be a northerner. Tieshu known as cycads, divided into male and female, the male flowers are cylindrical Tieshu female Tieshu hemispherical flower is easy to recognize.
  Panzhihua City in Sichuan Province in China, there is a large natural iron woods, at least 100,000 or more. Tieshu once grown here, the male cycads flowering each year, the female cycads once a year or two also. The local organizing the annual "Ornamental Festival", the Chinese and foreign tourism here this praise.
  According to legend, the growth and development needs Tieshu of soil iron content in the supply of growth if it is not good, adding some iron in the soil, you can make it back to health. Some people just put Tieshu nails driven into the body directly, also can play very good results. Perhaps this is the name of the Tieshu Come on!
  My female Tieshukaihua
  Male great, like a giant corn cob, was just opened up a bright yellow, brown, gradually become mature; and female flowers are like a big fluff first gray-green, later will become brown.
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Movies
  Qi Fu, Hong Kong director in a film shot in 1973. Color art comedy.
  Produced in 1973, the Great Wall Pictures
  Written by: Fu Qi
  Director: Fu Qi
  Starring: ordinary, Li Qiang, Li Qing, Wang Zhiqiang
  Synopsis
  Shipyard boss rush period, no serious disregard of the shipyard safety defects in the reality of the master who blindly forcing workers overtime, leading to daily workers (temporary workers) where small text suffocation from lack of oxygen ineffective deaf hearing loss. Small text very young age and helpful child-respecting, adhering to the dead father's blood and quality. Small text misfortune, in the workers in the huge response. Jin Yonggang in the paint department and led the master's insistence, the shipyard workers, instructors are committed to improving safety facilities, compensation for injuries of small things that the text of the deaf and the owner of consultation.
  Master their legitimate demands of workers and small work-stricken deaf and dumb, the text claims, delays in the shipyard boss is sincere reply, Jin Yonggang consult with the workers, simply by refusing to work overtime to put pressure on the factory. Given a number of departments had had poor facilities for safety defects occur caused casualties, the shipyard workers, instructors are quick to unite in response to the call of Jinyong Gang refused to work overtime, to hand over the shipyard boss rush pressure.
  Jin Yonggang master with the workers for their own legitimate rights and interests of a solution in consultation with the factory, feeling a little better job of small text on the rush to supplement the family income. In the shipyard refused to return to work in small text request, small text had to take to the streets, trying to find work. Discrimination in the face of a road in the eyes, think back to the late father and uncle's tragic dragon quarry, watching the young deaf and mute neighbor Xiaomei, disappointment again and again the small text, the start of his living in this community generate resentment.
  Shipyard workers master the legal struggle continues, the shipyard owner draw, buy Jinyong Gang attempt to master the times, the shipyard boss had to compromise, social welfare director took home hundreds of dollars to appease the people of small text, but was small text grandmother confidently off. At this point, could not find work were frustrated by the small paper trick, almost became a tool for drug traffickers died in the flames.
  Jin Yonggang Wen master rescued the small flames, bring a small text big and good news, the Mainland a friend surnamed Chen said the mainland can be cured letter traumatic deaf. In the big guy's help, Jin Yonggang master with a little text to the Mainland, so that small text in the Mainland and Hong Kong felt the different friendly and caring. Small text recovery home, as the big guys like the holidays to meet the return of the small text. Wen flew into the arms of her grandmother's small. After the Jin Yonggang chefs, led by the tireless efforts of the workers, the factory finally agreed to take practical action to improve safety, compensation for all losses of small text. Small text back to the shipyard, the workers returned to their master's side, under the care of the master in the Jin Yonggang, a shipyard worker in a happy one.
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Buddhist Encyclopedia
铁树开花 佛教百科
  【Tieshukaihua】 cycads, also known as cycads, tropical evergreen trees, flowering time for many years. Analogy is extremely difficult to achieve things or very rare thing. Puji Song "Wu Deng Hui Yuan" Volume Twenty "mte Body Master Teacher": "Tieshukaihua, rooster raw eggs, seven years, the cradle of rope off." Proverbs called Tieshukaihua Yu things too hard, made of iron trees not flowering, no matter bear fruit. Song Yuan Wu, "Bi Yan Lu" forty down so said: "Hugh went to the break, Tieshukaihua." "Resume light recorded" Trinity: "Chun Xi Yi Hai August Moon put on a disease, ... ... catch the midnight, the book Verse public speech, saying: 'Tieshukaihua'. "" kind of electronic money "Note:" Master at home to a large Xiu Xie, led outside Tieshu robbed flowers in spring, not all thin people gain the knowledge this peace? "(Junichi)
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English Expression
  1. n.:  sth.seldom seen or hardly possible as the iron tree blooms
Thesaurus
not likely to happen in a century, once in a blue moon, walk with difficulty, fish for a needle in the ocean; look for a needle in a haystack, Impossible and, Sea Fishing, Makes all things easy, bark [bay] at the moon [bay the moon], the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley-a news or a statement which one does not hear often,or a thing that was seldom to found, Rarities, once in thousand years, Hard-won, defy Beyond the bounds of, strength of nine bulls and two tigers,mighty force, doomed petition like asking a tiger for its hide, Leather and Fox plan
Antonym
Have no choice but Shengji, Just to stoop and gather Are all, as thick as June blackerries, ubiquitous, overrun, cataclysm crosscurrent, Attracting attention Are all, common and numerous, Even flat-bed truck
Containing Phrases
Sth.seldom seen or hardly possible as the iron tree blooms water refluenceSth.seldom seen or hardly possible as the iron tree blooms chick cutSth.seldom seen or hardly possible as the iron tree blooms chick cut