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iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
shot (in shotgun) / pellets
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
wire netting / CL:
die-hard fan
railway line / rail track
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
iron fist (of the state)
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
iron cooking pot
blacksmith / ironworker
metal grille / railing / bars
cheapskate / stingy person
metal pot
railway line
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
iron ore
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
(coll.) very close male friends
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)
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
(slang) very close friend / bro
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
an iron ring
(Tw) safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
iron tower
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
Tieshangang, a district of Beihai City 北海市, Guangxi
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
hardware / ironware
iron ore / iron ore mine
Tieli, a county-level city in Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
spade / shovel
rust
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
iron club / steel rod
mail plating / armor / armor plating
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron and stone
molten iron
iron hoop
metal trunk / metal box / a safe
(Tw) a guaranteed vote; a vote from sb who consistently votes for a particular party or candidate in elections
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
unalterable / certainly / definitely
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
irrefutable evidence
iron lattice / metal grid
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
(loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨)
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
anvil
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
iron chain
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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surname Tie
steel staff / steel stick
Ironman
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
rail / railroad track / CL:
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
ashen
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
armored car
iron hook
Tiefeng, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
Tieshan, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
determined / unshakable
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
armored ship

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