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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
subway station
HSK 2
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
high speed rail
HSK 4
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
surname Tie
steel
railway line / rail track
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
made of iron / strong as iron
pig iron / foundry iron
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
iron ore / iron ore mine
latte (loanword)
invincible army
blacksmith / ironworker
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
mail plating / armor / armor plating
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
to forge ironware
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
iron and stone
pig iron
Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
hardware / ironware
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
kung fu balls
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
angle iron
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
iron chain
iron cooking pot
rust
armored horses / crack horsemen
iron fist (of the state)
rapid transit system / urban railway
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron tower
spade / shovel
unalterable / certainly / definitely
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
scrap iron
cheapskate / stingy person
magnet
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
very powerful army
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
smelting iron
ferric chloride FeCl3
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
rail / railroad track / CL:
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
iron wire / CL: / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝)
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
molten iron
iron club / steel rod
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
Tsuga chinensis
an iron ring
to strike while the iron is hot
ferrous
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
(athletics) discus / discus throw
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
anvil
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
galvanized iron
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
ashen
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
irrefutable evidence
Ironman
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
iron hook
triathlon
iron shovel / spade / CL:
wrought iron
wrought iron
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
iron hoop

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