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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
biān whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
回火 huí huǒ to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire
铁血 tiě xuè iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
熨烫 yùn tàng to iron (clothes)
lào to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan)
yùn an iron / to iron
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
铁幕 Tiě Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
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
(literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool / (literary) to inlay / Taiwan pr. [se4]
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]
举铁 tiě (coll.) to pump iron
烫平 tàng píng to press (clothes) / to iron out (wrinkles)
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
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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