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Trad. 鐵
- iron (metal)
- arms
- weapons
- hard
- strong
- violent
- unshakeable
- determined
- close
- tight (slang)
Trad. 鐵峰
- Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Trad. 鐵幕
- Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
Trad. 鐵托
- Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
Trad. 鐵票
- (Tw) a guaranteed vote; a vote from sb who consistently votes for a particular party or candidate in elections
Trad. 鐵窗
- window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
- barred window of a prison cell
Trad. 鐵粉
- (slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝[tie3 gan3 fen3 si1])
Trad. 鐵絲
- iron wire
- CL:根[gen1]
- subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1])
- railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
Trad. 鐵菱
- (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
Trad. 鐵蛋
- iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
Trad. 鐵血
- iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict
- (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
Trad. 鐵西
- Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
- Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Trad. 鐵通
- China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通[Zhong1 yi2 Tie3 tong1])
Trad. 鐵面
- iron mask (as defensive armor)
- fig. upright and selfless person
Trad. 鐵馬
- armored horse
- cavalry
- metal chimes hanging from eaves
- steel barricade
- (Tw) bike
Trad. 鐵齒
- (Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
Trad. 三鐵
- triathlon (Tw)
- (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
Trad. 搭鐵
- 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)
Trad. 巴鐵
- 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[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5]
Trad. 鐵力市
- Tieli, a county-level city in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 鐵山區
- Tieshan, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 鐵峰區
- Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Trad. 鐵嶺市
- Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]
Trad. 鐵嶺縣
- Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning
Trad. 滑鐵盧
- Waterloo (Belgium)
- Battle of Waterloo (1815)
- (fig.) a defeat
Trad. 鐵木真
- Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]
Trad. 鐵東區
- Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
- Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 鐵爪鵐
- (bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Trad. 鐵票區
- (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
Trad. 鐵蘭屬
- (loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨[kong1 qi4 feng4 li2])
Trad. 鐵西區
- Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
- Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Trad. 不鏽鐵
- 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)
Trad. 鐵道部
- 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]
Trad. 鐵鋒區
- Tiefeng, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 鐵鎂質
- mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
Trad. 李鐵拐
- 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
Trad. 鐵哥們兒
- erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]
Trad. 鐵嘴沙鴴
- (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
Trad. 鐵山港區
- Tieshangang, a district of Beihai City 北海市[Bei3 hai3 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 鐵帽子王
- iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
Trad. 磨穿鐵硯
- to grind one's way through an ink stone
- to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
- to study diligently (idiom)
Trad. 網絡鐵路
- Network Rail (UK railway organization)
Trad. 鐵杵成針
- see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]
Trad. 鐵板牛柳
- fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
Trad. 斬釘截鐵
- lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
Trad. 鐵板牛肉
- beef grilled on a hot iron plate
Trad. 鐵板茄子
- eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
Trad. 鐵樹開花
- lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
- a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
Trad. 鐵爾梅茲
- Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
Trad. 滬寧鐵路
- Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
Trad. 鐵石心腸
- to have a heart of stone
- hard-hearted
- unfeeling
Trad. 鐵窗生活
- time served in prison
- prison life
Trad. 粵漢鐵路
- 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]
Trad. 踏破鐵鞋
- lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
- fig. to search high and low
Trad. 鐵血宰相
- Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
Trad. 鐵達尼號
- RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw)
- PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4]
Trad. 鐵面無私
- strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
Trad. 鐵骨錚錚
- (idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
Trad. 鐵齒銅牙
- clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
Trad. 銅牆鐵壁
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Trad. 京九鐵路
- JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Trad. 京廣鐵路
- Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway