钢铁
gāng tiě
Pinyin

Definition

钢铁
 - 
gāng tiě
  1. steel

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地铁
dì tiě
  1. 1 subway
  2. 2 metro
地铁站
dì tiě zhàn
  1. 1 subway station
钢
gāng
  1. 1 steel
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
铁
Tiě
  1. 1 surname Tie
铁杆
tiě gān
  1. 1 iron (golf club)
铁石心肠
tiě shí xīn cháng
  1. 1 to have a heart of stone
  2. 2 hard-hearted
  3. 3 unfeeling
铁路
tiě lù
  1. 1 railroad
  2. 2 railway
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
铁道部
Tiě dào bù
  1. 1 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[Jiāo tōng Yùn shū bù]
铁面
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
高铁
gāo tiě
  1. 1 high speed rail
恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
  1. 1 lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
  2. 2 to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
打铁
dǎ tiě
  1. 1 to forge ironware
拿铁
ná tiě
  1. 1 latte (loanword)
滑铁卢
Huá tiě lú
  1. 1 Waterloo (Belgium)
  2. 2 Battle of Waterloo (1815)
  3. 3 fig. a defeat
  4. 4 failure
炼钢
liàn gāng
  1. 1 steelmaking
百炼钢
bǎi liàn gāng
  1. 1 high-grade well-tempered steel
磁铁
cí tiě
  1. 1 magnet
钢材
gāng cái
  1. 1 steel (as raw material)
  2. 2 steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
钢板
gāng bǎn
  1. 1 steel plate

Idioms (17)

人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
  1. 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 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
  3. 3 to study diligently
恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
  1. 1 lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
  2. 2 to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě
  1. 1 lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
  1. 1 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. resolute and decisive
  3. 3 unhesitating
  4. 4 categorical
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
  1. 1 to grind one's way through an ink stone
  2. 2 to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
  3. 3 to study diligently (idiom)
踏破铁鞋
tà pò tiě xié
  1. 1 lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to search high and low
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
铮铮铁汉
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
  1. 1 a strong and determined man (idiom)
铁将军把门
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén
  1. 1 lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
铁打的衙门，流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
铁树开花
tiě shù kāi huā
  1. 1 lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
  2. 2 a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
铁面无私
tiě miàn wú sī
  1. 1 strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá
  1. 1 clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
点金成铁
diǎn jīn chéng tiě
  1. 1 to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
点铁成金
diǎn tiě chéng jīn
  1. 1 to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

Sample Sentences

什么是生机饮食的精华，就是要您吃到完整的营养，看这边，胡萝卜，维生素满满；生菜，纤维素一百；苹果，铁质最多，让你做钢铁侠；葡萄，富含OPC，地表最强抗氧化素；最后，小黄瓜，他的青翠，你的青春！
shénmeshì shēngjī yǐnshí de jīnghuá ，jiùshì yào nín chīdào wánzhěng de yíngyǎng ，kàn zhèbiān ，húluóbo ，wéishēngsù mǎnmǎn ；shēngcài ，xiānwéisù yībǎi ；píngguǒ ，tiězhì zuì duō ，ràng nǐ zuò gāngtiěxiá ；pútao ，fù hán OPC ，dìbiǎo zuì qiáng kàngyǎnghuàsù ；zuìhòu ，xiǎohuángguā ，tā de qīngcuì ，nǐ de qīngchūn ！
What is vital essence, I hear you ask. It means when you get complete nutrition. Look here, carrots, full of vitamins; leafy greens, max fiber; apples, with so much iron that you'll turn into Iron Man; grapes, full of OPC and the most anti-oxidants you can find on earth; finally, cucumber, its fresh green reflects your youth.
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毛泽东指示全国人民大炼钢铁。
Máo Zédōng zhǐshì quánguó rénmín dàliàn gāngtiě 。
Mao Zedong instructed everyone in the country to smelt iron.
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上次的《钢铁侠》不也是3D的吗？3D只不过是个加价的噱头。
shàngcì de 《gāngtiěxiá 》bùyě shì 3D de ma ？3D zhǐ bùguò shì gè jiājià de xuétóu 。
Wasn't it “Iron Man” that we saw last time in 3D? 3D is just a trick meant to raise prices.
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但是银行和钢铁股的下跌有些出乎意料。到底是什么原因呢？下面，我们请分析师冯先生来帮我们分析一下。
dànshì yínháng hé gāngtiě gǔ de xiàdiē yǒuxiē chūhūyìliào 。dàodǐ shì shénme yuányīn ne ？xiàmian ，wǒmen qǐng fēnxīshī Féng xiānsheng lái bāng wǒmen fēnxī yīxià 。
But the drop in the banking and steel industries was somewhat surprising. Why did it happen? Coming up next, Mr. Feng will analyze the situation for us.
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下午开市后，个股在银行、钢铁和房地产等权重股的带领下纷纷跳水，收盘时沪指失守2000点，较前一交易日跌幅达到3.56%，可以说是，给广大股民带来了一个“黑色星期五”。
xiàwǔ kāishì hòu ，gègǔ zài yínháng 、gāngtiě hé fángdìchǎn děng quánzhònggǔ de dàilǐng xià fēnfēn tiàoshuǐ ，shōupán shí Hùzhǐ shīshǒu liǎng qiān diǎn ，jiào qián yī jiāoyìrì diēfú dádào bǎifēnzhī sān diǎn wǔ liù ，kěyǐ shuō shì ，gěi guǎngdà gǔmín dàilái le yī ge “hēisè xīngqīwǔ ”。
After the market opened in the afternoon, each stock declined sharply due to the influence of the powerful banking, steel and real estate stocks. At closing time, the Shanghai index had fallen 2000 points, a decline of 3.56% from the previous trading day. It's safe to say that today was a ``Black Friday" for most stockholders.
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