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恨鐵不成鋼
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
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lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel;
to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
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手無寸鐵
shǒu wú cùn tiě
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lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
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打鐵
dǎ tiě
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to forge ironware
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拿鐵
ná tiě
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latte (loanword)
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拿鐵咖啡
ná tiě kā fēi
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latte (coffee);
café latte
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搭鐵
dā tiě
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abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线;
chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)
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撒拉鐵
sǎ lā tiě
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Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
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擼鐵
lū tiě
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(coll.) to pump iron;
to work out
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斬釘截鐵
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
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lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom);
fig. resolute and decisive;
unhesitating;
categorical
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李鐵
lǐ tiě
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Li Tie (1977-), footballer
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李鐵拐
lǐ tiě guǎi
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Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
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武漢鋼鐵公司
wǔ hàn gāng tiě gōng sī
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Wuhan Iron and Steel
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永久磁鐵
yǒng jiǔ cí tiě
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a permanent magnet
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洋鐵箔
yáng tiě bó
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tinfoil;
CL:張|张[zhang1]
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港鐵
gǎng tiě
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(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
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滑鐵盧
huá tiě lú
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Waterloo (Belgium);
Battle of Waterloo (1815);
fig. a defeat;
failure
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滑鐵盧火車站
huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn
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Waterloo station (London)
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滬寧鐵路
hù níng tiě lù
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Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
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烙鐵
lào tie
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flatiron;
iron;
branding iron;
soldering iron
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煉鐵
liàn tiě
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smelting iron
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煉鐵廠
liàn tiě chǎng
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iron foundry
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熟鐵
shú tiě
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wrought iron
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生鐵
shēng tiě
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pig iron
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白口鐵
bái kǒu tiě
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white iron
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白鐵
bái tiě
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galvanized iron
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