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化解 huà jiě to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
回火 huí huǒ to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire
biān whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
(literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool / (literary) to inlay / Taiwan pr. [se4]
铁血 tiě xuè iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
lào to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan)
乘势 chéng shì to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
趁热打铁 chèn tiě to strike while the iron is hot
斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
踏破铁鞋 tiě xié lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
juàn to bend iron
磨杵成针 chǔ chéng zhēn to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
烫衣 tàng to iron (clothes)
撸铁 tiě (coll.) to pump iron / to work out
xié (precise meaning unknown, relates to iron) / variant of 協|协[xie2]
yùn an iron / to iron
举铁 tiě (coll.) to pump iron
熨烫 yùn tàng to iron (clothes)
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ chéng zhēn 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
恨铁不成钢 hèn tiě chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
铁帽子王 tiě mào zi wáng iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
烫平 tàng píng to press (clothes) / to iron out (wrinkles)
铁幕 Tiě Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
铁血宰相 Tiě xuè zǎi xiàng Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890


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