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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
subway station
HSK 2
high speed rail
HSK 4
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  *鐵* | 鐵* | *鐵
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
Eiffel Tower
iron lattice / metal grid
iron club / steel rod
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
Rust Belt
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
iron hook
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
iron fist (of the state)
magnet
steel
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
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surname Tie
ferrous
unalterable / certainly / definitely
caffe latte
Tiefeng, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
rust
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / 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 / to study diligently
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
a permanent magnet
magnet
(slang) very close friend; bro
electric iron / electric soldering iron
latte (loanword)
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
steel industry
very powerful army
subway
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)
wrought iron
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
iron wire / CL: / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝)
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
tinfoil / CL: 張|张
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
iron and stone
magnetite Fe3O4
to strike while the iron is hot
rapid transit system / urban railway
Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
razor wire
scrap iron
to forge ironware
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
Iron Man, comic book superhero
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
an iron ring
(Tw) a guaranteed vote; a vote from sb who consistently votes for a particular party or candidate in elections
metal pot
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
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
(coll.) to pump iron
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
invincible army
horseshoe
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
blacksmith / ironworker
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
made of iron / strong as iron
Union Pacific Railroad
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
irrefutable evidence
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
(Tw) Eiffel Tower
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
Beijing-Harbin railway
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)
Wuhan Iron and Steel
pig iron
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
iron shovel / spade / CL:
pig iron / foundry iron
(slang) stubborn; headstrong
Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团 and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁 in 2016
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
Tekken (video game)
iron fist

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