| 趁热打铁 |
chèn rè dǎ tiě |
to strike while the iron is hot |
| 趁 |
chèn |
to avail oneself of / to take advantage of |
| 趁 |
chèn |
old variant of 趁 |
| 热 |
rè |
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 打铁 |
dǎ tiě |
to forge ironware |
| 铁 |
Tiě |
surname Tie |
| 铁 |
tiě |
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) |