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iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
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railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
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surname Tie
iron ore / iron ore mine
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
molten iron
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
railway line / rail track
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
blacksmith / ironworker
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
Ironman
teppanyaki
iron cooking pot
rail / railroad track / CL:
ashen
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
mail plating / armor / armor plating
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)
rust
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
iron tower
armored horses / crack horsemen
triathlon
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
determined / unshakable
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
iron chain
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
spade / shovel
railway line
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
invincible army
unalterable / certainly / definitely
wire netting / CL:
to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
shot (in shotgun) / pellets
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
iron hoop
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
metallophone
Tsuga chinensis
cheapskate / stingy person
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
iron fist (of the state)
an iron ring
(military) caltrop
irrefutable evidence
(coll.) very close male friends
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
made of iron / strong as iron
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
iron shovel / spade / CL:
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
hardware / ironware
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
iron club / steel rod
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
anvil
(athletics) discus / discus throw
armored car
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市, Guangxi
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
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
triathlon
(slang) very close friend / bro
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
iron ore
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
kung fu balls
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
metal grille / railing / bars
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
steel staff / steel stick
metal pot
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
iron hook
erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang

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