| 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 |
| 铁 |
Tiě |
surname Tie |
| 铁 |
tiě |
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) |
| 铁血 |
tiě xuè |
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die |
| 血 |
xiě |
see 血 |
| 血 |
xuè |
blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴,片 |
| 宰 |
zǎi |
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) |
| 宰相 |
zǎi xiàng |
prime minister (in feudal China) |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |