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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
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
railway line
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
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
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
invincible army
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
mail plating / armor / armor plating
armored ship
iron and stone
hardware / ironware
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
kung fu balls
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)
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron tower
spade / shovel
unalterable / certainly / definitely
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
cheapskate / stingy person
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
rail / railroad track / CL:
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)
molten iron
iron club / steel rod
Tsuga chinensis
an iron ring
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
anvil
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
ashen
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
irrefutable evidence
Ironman
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
iron hook
triathlon
iron hoop
(military) caltrop
shot (in shotgun) / pellets
iron shovel / spade / CL:
Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
(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
metal trunk / metal box / a safe
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
metal grille / railing / bars
metallophone
metal pot
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
steel staff / steel stick
iron ore
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
teppanyaki
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
triathlon
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
(coll.) very close male friends
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市, Guangxi
ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
iron lattice / metal grid
erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们
ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
determined / unshakable
blacksmith / ironworker
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)

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