tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

DEFINITIONS

鐵 tiě
  • surname Tie
  • iron (metal)
  • arms
  • weapons
  • hard
  • strong
  • violent
  • unshakeable
  • determined
  • close
  • tight (slang)

WORDS

砸鍋賣 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
硫酸 liú suān tiě ferrous sulfate
cí tiě magnet
礦 cí tiě kuàng magnetite Fe3O4
磨穿硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)
粵漢路 yuè hàn tiě lù Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]
網絡路 wǎng luò tiě lù Network Rail (UK railway organization)
膠濟路 jiāo jì tiě lù Jiaonan-Jinan railway
艾菲爾塔 ài fēi ěr tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
礦 líng tiě kuàng siderite
sū tiě sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
蘭新路 lán xīn tiě lù Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
jiǎo tiě angle iron
礦 chì tiě kuàng hematite (red iron ore); ferric oxide Fe2O3
趁熱打 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot
踏破鞋 tà pò tiě xié lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom); fig. to search high and low
踏破鞋無覓處,得來全不費工夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
qīng tiě Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
金戈馬 jīn gē tiě mǎ very powerful army
金銀銅錫 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
礦 tài tiě kuàng ilmenite FeTiO3; titanium ore
銅牆壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
xiǎn tiě cast iron
gāng tiě steel
俠 gāng tiě xiá Iron Man, comic book superhero