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铁
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Definitions
- 1. iron (metal)
- 2. arms
- 3. weapons
- 4. hard
- 5. strong
- 6. violent
- 7. unshakeable
- 8. determined
- 9. close
- 10. tight (slang)
Words Containing 铁
scrap metal
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Network Rail (UK railway organization)
magnet
Waterloo (Belgium)
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
ferrous
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团[bǎo gāng jí tuán] and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁[wǔ hàn gāng tiě] in 2016
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
(coll.) to pump iron
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
mail plating
Tsuga chinensis
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
iron hoop
Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning
(slang) very close friend
Baoji-Chengdu Railway
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010
anvil
subway station
pig iron
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
hematite (red iron ore)
time served in prison
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]
cheapskate
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
irrefutable evidence
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
armored horse
iron lattice
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
smelting iron
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Canadian Pacific Railway
iron chain
iron shovel
steel staff
pyrite
rail
to forge ironware
armored car
molten iron
armored ship
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
electric iron
to grind one's way through an ink stone
railway line
metal trunk
ashen
blacksmith
window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
Ironman
iron cooking pot
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
an iron ring
galvanized iron
iron wire
iron foundry
triangle (musical instrument)
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
steel industry
Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[jiāo tōng yùn shū bù]
iron panel
hardware
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
railroad
iron rod
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[lǐ tiě guǎi]
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
caffe latte
rust
ferrous sulfate
tinfoil
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
iron and steel works
iron mask (as defensive armor)
Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[tài tǎn ní kè hào]
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
see 鐵菱|铁菱[tiě líng]
Beijing-Harbin railway
flatiron
pig iron
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
triathlon
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
tinplate
spade
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
(slang) very close friend
Union Pacific Railroad
Eiffel Tower
magnetite Fe3O4
Eiffel Tower
Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
razor wire
(athletics) discus
metallophone
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
horseshoe
ironclad
high speed rail
armored horses
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
kung fu balls
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
stainless iron
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
ferric chloride FeCl3
wrought iron
(coll.) to pump iron
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
very powerful army
underground railway; subway
triathlon
invincible army
Tiefa city, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
electromagnet
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)
wrought iron
scrap iron
metal pot
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
rapid transit system
teppanyaki
iron tower
iron hook
Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[běi jīng kē jì dà xué], University of Science and Technology Beijing)
ironclad evidence
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
rusty iron
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
iron club
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi
Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
iron ore
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[jīng guǎng tiě lù]
Jiaonan-Jinan railway
iron and stone
die-hard fan
cast iron
subway
Tekken (video game)
Wuhan Iron and Steel
metal grille
steel
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mó chǔ chéng zhēn]
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
(coll.) very close male friends
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
iron ore
iron (golf club)
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
siderite
unalterable
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
(athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
to have a heart of stone
a magnet
iron fist (of the state)
Waterloo Station (London)
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
ilmenite FeTiO3
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
to strike while the iron is hot
made of iron
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)
Qinghai-Tibet railway
a permanent magnet
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
wire netting
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
railway line
shot (in shotgun)
determined
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
a strong and determined man (idiom)
angle iron
methemoglobin
Iron Man, comic book superhero
latte (loanword)
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]