铁杆
tiě gān
Pinyin

Definition

铁杆
 - 
tiě gǎn
  1. iron rod
  2. zealous
  3. die-hard
铁杆
 - 
tiě gān
  1. iron (golf club)

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
套马杆
tào mǎ gǎn
  1. 1 lasso on long wooden pole
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)
杆
gǎn
  1. 1 stick
  2. 2 pole
  3. 3 lever
  4. 4 classifier for long objects such as guns
杆子
gǎn zi
  1. 1 pole
  2. 2 stick
  3. 3 club
  4. 4 gang of bandits
杆菌
gǎn jūn
  1. 1 bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
杠杆
gàng gǎn
  1. 1 lever
  2. 2 pry bar
  3. 3 crowbar
  4. 4 financial leverage
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

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

那当然，我可是火箭队十几年的铁杆球迷了。
nà dāngrán ，wǒ kě shì Huǒjiànduì shíjǐ nián de tiěgān qiúmí le 。
Of course, I've been a dyed-in-the-wool Rockets fan for over a dozen years.
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得了吧，球迷给予的支持还不够啊！我做国足的铁杆球迷已经20年了，但他们老是这样不争气，老是到了关键时刻就熄火，你说有什么办法。
déle ba ，qiúmí jǐyǔ de zhīchí hái bùgòu a ！wǒ zuò guózú de tiěgǎn qiúmí yǐjīng èrshí nián le ，dàn tāmen lǎoshi zhèyàng bùzhēngqì ，lǎoshi dào le guānjiàn shíkè jiù xīhuǒ ，nǐ shuō yǒu shénme bànfǎ 。
Save it - the support fans give isn't enough! I've been a diehard national football fan for 20 years already, but they've continually let everyone down. When the key moment comes, they always sputter out. What can be done?
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我建议用铁杆。
wǒ jiànyì yòng tiěgān 。
I suggest you use an iron.
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