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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
iron lattice / metal grid
iron club / steel rod
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
iron hook
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
iron fist (of the state)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
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surname Tie
unalterable / certainly / definitely
Tiefeng, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
rust
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
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 stone
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)
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
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
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
invincible army
blacksmith / ironworker
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
made of iron / strong as iron
irrefutable evidence
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)
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:
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
railway line / rail track
to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
molten iron
(slang) very close friend / bro
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
steel staff / steel stick
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
die-hard fan
metallophone
armored car
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
triathlon
triathlon
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
rail / railroad track / CL:
determined / unshakable
(coll.) very close male friends
teppanyaki
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
spade / shovel
hardware / ironware
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
armored ship
Tieli, a county-level city in Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
(athletics) discus / discus throw
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
railway line
Tieshan, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
Tsuga chinensis
(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
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
iron ore
Ironman
kung fu balls
iron hoop
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
iron ore / iron ore mine
wire netting / CL:

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