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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

地下铁路dì xià tiě lù

subway

城铁chéng tiě

rapid transit system / urban railway

富铁土fù tiě tǔ

ferrosol (soil taxonomy)

废铜烂铁fèi tóng làn tiě

scrap metal / a pile of junk

恨铁不成钢hèn tiě bù chéng gāng

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations

打铁趁热dǎ tiě chèn rè

see 趁熱打鐵|趁热打铁[chèn rè dǎ tiě]

拿铁ná tiě

latte (loanword)

拿铁咖啡ná tiě kā fēi

caffè latte

搭铁dā tiě

abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线 / chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)

摩铁mó tiě

(Tw) (loanword) motel

撸铁lū tiě

(coll.) to pump iron / to work out

斩钉切铁zhǎn dīng qiē tiě

see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhǎn dīng jié tiě]

斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě

(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / (fig.) resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical

斩钢截铁zhǎn gāng jié tiě

see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhǎn dīng jié tiě]

氧化亚铁yǎng huà yà tiě

iron(II) oxide / ferrous oxide

永久磁铁yǒng jiǔ cí tiě

permanent magnet

烙铁lào tie

flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron

炼铁liàn tiě

smelting iron

炼铁厂liàn tiě chǎng

iron foundry

熟铁shú tiě

wrought iron

生铁shēng tiě

pig iron

白口铁bái kǒu tiě

white iron

白铁bái tiě

galvanized iron

砸锅卖铁zá guō mài tiě

to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

硫酸亚铁liú suān yà tiě

iron(II) sulfate / ferrous sulfate

硫酸铁liú suān tiě

ferrous sulfate

磁铁矿cí tiě kuàng

magnetite Fe3O4

磨穿铁砚mó chuān tiě yàn

to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)

老铁lǎo tiě

(slang) very close friend / bro

举铁jǔ tiě

(coll.) to pump iron

菱铁矿líng tiě kuàng

siderite

苏铁sū tiě

sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

角铁jiǎo tiě

angle iron

赤铁矿chì tiě kuàng

hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3

踏破铁鞋tà pò tiě xié

(lit.) to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / (fig.) to search high and low

踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

金戈铁马jīn gē tiě mǎ

very powerful army

金银铜铁锡jīn yín tóng tiě xī

the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin

钛铁矿tài tiě kuàng

ilmenite FeTiO3 / titanium ore

铜墙铁壁tóng qiáng tiě bì

copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense

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