tiě
iron (metal)
arms
weapons
hard
strong
violent
unshakeable
determined
close
tight (slang)
Huá tiě lú
Waterloo (Belgium)
Battle of Waterloo (1815)
fig. a defeat
failure
tiě guǐ
rail
railroad track
CL:根[gen1]
tiě lù
railroad
railway
CL:條|条[tiao2]
Tiě lǐng
Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
also Tieling county
tiě gǎn
iron rod
zealous
die-hard
tiě jiǎ
mail plating
armor
armor plating
Tiě xī qū
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
tiě bǎn
iron panel
hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
Tiě xī
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
chéng tiě
rapid transit system
urban railway
tiě fàn wǎn
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
gāng tiě chǎng
iron and steel works
steelworks
Jīng Hù gāo tiě
Beijing and Shanghai express rail link (projected)
abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
Tiě guān yīn
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
Tiě lǐng shì
Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
Xuě tiě lóng
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
Tiě shān
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei
Lǐ Tiě
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
fig. resolute and decisive
unhesitating
categorical
tiě dǎ
made of iron
strong as iron
Tiě lì
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
tiě miàn
iron mask (as defensive armor)
fig. upright and selfless person
tóng qiáng tiě bì
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Gāng tiě Xué yuàn
Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Tiě dōng
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
tiě tí
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lù
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Tiě dōng qū
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning
tiě bǐng
throwing the discus (athletics event)
Jīng Guǎng Tiě lù
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
shǒu wú cùn tiě
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
tiě shí xīn cháng
to have a heart of stone
hard-hearted
unfeeling
sū tiě
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
tiě miàn wú sī
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
Tiě lǐng xiàn
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
chì tiě kuàng
hematite (red iron ore)
ferric oxide Fe2O3
tiě shā
shot (in shotgun)
pellets
ná tiě kā fēi
latte (coffee)
café latte
Tiě fǎ
Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning
Tiě lì shì
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
tiě xiāng
metal trunk
metal box
a safe
tiě xiān
iron shovel
spade
CL:把[ba3]
tài tiě kuàng
ilmenite FeTiO3
titanium ore
Hù Níng tiě lù
Shanghai and Nanjing railway
Tiě tuō
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, President of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
Tiě shān gǎng qū
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[Bei3 hai3 shi4], Guangxi
Tiě fēng
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
fèi tóng làn tiě
scrap metal
a pile of junk
Tiě shān qū
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei
Tiě lǐng dì qū
Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
to study diligently
tiě bǎn niú ròu
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
Yuè Hàn Tiě lù
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]
tiě jiǎ jiàn
ironclad
an armor-plated battleship
diǎn tiě chéng jīn
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
Tiě xuè zǎi xiàng
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
Guǎng Jiǔ tiě lù
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
jīn yín tóng tiě xī
the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
tiě bǎn niú liǔ
fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate)
Tiě fǎ shì
Tiefa city, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning
tiě bǎn qié zi
iron pan eggplant (typical Northern-Chinese dish)
wǎng luò tiě lù
Network Rail (UK railway organization)
Tiě fēng qū
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
tiě měi zhì
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
mó chuān tiě yàn
to grind one's way through an ink stone
to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
to study diligently (idiom)
diǎn jīn chéng tiě
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
Sǎ lā tiě
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
Tiě ěr méi zī
Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
Huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn
Waterloo station (London)
tiě gōu r
erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩[tie3 gou1]
tiě chuāng shēng huó
time served in prison
prison life
tiě chuāng
window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
barred window of a prison cell
tiě pí
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
tiě zhǎo wú
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
tiě lán
metal grille
railing
bars
tiě shù kāi huā
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
tiě shù
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
tiě zhèng
ironclad evidence
conclusive proof
Tiě dào bù
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[Jiao1 tong1 Yun4 shu1 bu4]
mǎ kǒu tiě
tinplate
tin (tin-coated steel)
diàn lào tie
electric iron
electric soldering iron
tiě chǐ tóng yá
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
tiě chǐ
obstinate
argumentative
opinionated
skeptical of superstitions (Tw)(Minnan thih-khí)
tiě qí
armored horses
crack horsemen
tiě mǎ
armored horse
cavalry
metal chimes hanging from eaves
steel barricade
(Tw) bike
Tiě lǚ tǔ
Ferralosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
Tiě dá ní Hào
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Taiwan)
PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4]
Tiě mù zhēn
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]
Tiě guǎi Lǐ
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[Li3 Tie3 guai3]
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
fig. government officials come and go
Hù Níng Tiě lù
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
Gǎng tiě
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
Lǐ Tiě guǎi
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
Bā tiě
(coll.) Pakistani brethren
Pakistani comrades
abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5]
Fù tiě tǔ
Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
an empty sack cannot stand upright
lào tie
flatiron
iron
branding iron
soldering iron
zá guō mài tiě
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
chèn rè dǎ tiě
to strike while the iron is hot
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
tiě dìng
unalterable
certainly
definitely
tiě zuǐ shā héng
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
tiě gē men r
erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]
tiě gē men
(coll.) very close male friends
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
a strong and determined man (idiom)
Gāng tiě xiá
Iron Man, comic book superhero