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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
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iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
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high speed rail
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surname Tie
steel
pig iron / foundry iron
latte (loanword)
to forge ironware
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
pig iron
angle iron
rapid transit system / urban railway
scrap iron
magnet
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
smelting iron
ferric chloride FeCl3
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
to strike while the iron is hot
ferrous
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
galvanized iron
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
wrought iron
wrought iron
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
(slang) stubborn; headstrong
(slang) very close friend; bro
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)
(coll.) to pump iron
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
cast iron
electromagnet
electric iron / electric soldering iron
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
horseshoe
ferrous sulfate
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
a permanent magnet
rust-resistant iron (an informal term for certain nickel-free stainless steels, usually of lower quality and less corrosion-resistant than true stainless steel such as 304 or 316)
Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团 and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁 in 2016
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) / (coll.) Pakistani brethren / Pakistani comrades / abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们
scrap metal / a pile of junk
(Tw) (loanword) motel
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
white iron


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