铁链
tiě liàn
Pinyin

Definition

铁链
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tiě liàn
  1. iron chain

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dì tiě
  1. 1 subway
  2. 2 metro
dì tiě zhàn
  1. 1 subway station
liàn jiē
  1. 1 link (on a website)
Tiě
  1. 1 surname Tie
tiě lù
  1. 1 railroad
  2. 2 railway
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
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]
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
xiàng liàn
  1. 1 necklace
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
gāo tiě
  1. 1 high speed rail
shǒu liàn
  1. 1 chain bracelet
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
dǎ tiě
  1. 1 to forge ironware
lā liàn
  1. 1 zipper
ná tiě
  1. 1 latte (loanword)
chǎn yè liàn
  1. 1 industry chain (concept proposed by US scholar Michael Porter in 1985)
cí tiě
  1. 1 magnet
gāng tiě
  1. 1 steel
Gāng tiě xiá
  1. 1 Iron Man, comic book superhero
liàn zi
  1. 1 chain
liàn tiáo
  1. 1 chain
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],條|条[tiáo]
Tiě rén
  1. 1 Ironman

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

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