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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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iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
shot (in shotgun) / pellets
angle iron
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
(coll.) to pump iron
scrap iron
(slang) very close friend; bro
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
ferrous
rapid transit system / urban railway
latte (loanword)
wire netting / CL:
die-hard fan
railway line / rail track
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
(slang) stubborn; headstrong
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Beijing-Harbin railway
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
ferric chloride FeCl3
smelting iron
wrought iron
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
iron fist (of the state)
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
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)
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
iron cooking pot
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
blacksmith / ironworker
triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路
electric iron / electric soldering iron
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
metal grille / railing / bars
caffe latte
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
cheapskate / stingy person
metal pot
railway line
to forge ironware
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
iron ore
iron and steel works / steelworks
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
galvanized iron
Iron Man, comic book superhero
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
steel
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
(coll.) very close male friends
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)
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
magnet
wrought iron
(slang) very close friend / bro
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
subway
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
Eiffel Tower
ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
Network Rail (UK railway organization)
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
an iron ring
(Tw) safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
a permanent magnet
iron tower
iron foundry
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
magnet
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
Tieshangang, a district of Beihai City 北海市, Guangxi
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

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