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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
subway station
HSK 2
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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
high speed rail
HSK 4
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  *鐵* | 鐵* | *鐵
surname Tie
steel
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
molten iron
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
railway line / rail track
electromagnet
to forge ironware
pig iron / foundry iron
blacksmith / ironworker
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
magnet
Ironman
teppanyaki
iron cooking pot
rail / railroad track / CL:
ashen
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
mail plating / armor / armor plating
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)
rust
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
iron tower
armored horses / crack horsemen
scrap iron
triathlon
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
steel industry
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
iron and steel works / steelworks
Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
determined / unshakable
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
iron chain
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
spade / shovel
to strike while the iron is hot
railway line
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
(Tw) Eiffel Tower
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
pig iron
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
invincible army
unalterable / certainly / definitely
wire netting / CL:
to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
shot (in shotgun) / pellets
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
scrap metal / a pile of junk
very powerful army
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
wrought iron
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
wrought iron
iron hoop
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
smelting iron
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang
rapid transit system / urban railway
a permanent magnet
metallophone
Tsuga chinensis
cheapskate / stingy person
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
electric iron / electric soldering iron
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
iron fist (of the state)
magnetite Fe3O4
an iron ring
(military) caltrop
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
irrefutable evidence
(coll.) very close male friends
a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
pyrite
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
made of iron / strong as iron
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
ferrous

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