铁
Tiě
Pinyin

Definition

铁
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tiě
  1. iron (metal)
  2. arms
  3. weapons
  4. hard
  5. strong
  6. violent
  7. unshakeable
  8. determined
  9. close
  10. tight (slang)
铁
 - 
Tiě
  1. surname Tie

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
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
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
磁铁
cí tiě
  1. 1 magnet
钢铁
gāng tiě
  1. 1 steel
钢铁侠
Gāng tiě xiá
  1. 1 Iron Man, comic book superhero
铁人
Tiě rén
  1. 1 Ironman
铁塔
tiě tǎ
  1. 1 iron tower
铁定
tiě dìng
  1. 1 unalterable
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 definitely
铁岭
Tiě lǐng
  1. 1 Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
  2. 2 also Tieling county
铁板
tiě bǎn
  1. 1 iron panel
  2. 2 hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)

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

我搭高铁回去，现在高铁直达我们家终于不用像之前那样倒车了。
wǒ dā gāotiě huíqu ，xiànzài gāotiě zhídá wǒmen jiā zhōngyú bùyòng xiàng zhīqián nàyàng dǎochē le 。
I’ll take the high speed rail which now goes directly to my home. Finally I don’t have to change transportation like in the past.
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按理说，高铁上人人都有座位，应该不会拥挤呀？
ànlǐ shuō ，gāotiě shàng rénrén dōu yǒu zuòwèi ，yīnggāi bùhuì yōngjǐ ya ？
Logically seats on the high speed rail are assigned so it shouldn’t be crowded?
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事实上，前几天才报道了有人在高铁上“霸座”，被行政拘留的事情呢。
shìshí shàng ，qián jǐtiān cái bàodào le yǒurén zài gāotiě shàng “bàzuò ”，bèi xíngzhèng jūliú de shìqing ne 。
In fact a few days ago there was a report of a passenger on the high speed rail who took a seat illegally and was retained by administrative officers.
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是呀，高铁不是公交车，随意“霸坐”可是违法的呢。
shì ya ，gāotiě búshi gōngjiāochē ，suíyì “bàzuò ”kěshì wéifǎ de ne 。
Yes, the high speed rail is not a bus. It is illegal to take another person’s seat.
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今天还是热拿铁吗？”
jīntiān háishi rè nátiě ma ？”
Hot latte as usual?
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女孩儿带着她的热拿铁和开心的笑容，步出了咖啡店。
nǚháiēr dài zhe tā de rè nátiě hé kāixīn de xiàoróng ，bù chū le kāfēidiàn 。
The girl walked out of the cafe with her hot latte and a happy smile.
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可是咱们的夜生活什么时候结束，完全取决于地铁何时停运呀。
kěshì zánmen de yèshēnghuó shénmeshíhou jiéshù ，wánquán qǔjuéyú dìtiě héshí tíngyùn ya 。
However our nightlife is restricted to the time at which the metro station closes.
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高铁站在哪儿？
gāotiě zhàn zài nǎr5 ？
Where is the high-speed rail station?
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铁饭碗也会生锈啊，你待的私人企业才好，说不定快升职了呢！
tiěfànwǎn yě huì shēngxiù a ，nǐ dāi de sīrén qǐyè cái hǎo ，shuōbudìng kuài shēngzhí le ne ！
Stable jobs still wear out! Staying at a private business like you is better. Perhaps you are about to get a promotion!
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也是，还是你聪明，在公家单位找了个铁饭碗的工作。
yě shì ，háishi nǐ cōngming ，zài gōngjiā dānwèi zhǎo le ge tiěfànwǎn de gōngzuò 。
That's true. You are the smarter one for finding a stable job at a public sector.
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