MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

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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)
举铁	jǔ tiě	(coll.) to pump iron
乘势	chéng shì	to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
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
铁幕	Tiě mù	Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
烫	tàng	to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
铁血	tiě xuè	iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
烫衣	tàng yī	to iron (clothes)
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
踏破铁鞋	tà pò tiě xié	lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
撸铁	lū tiě	(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
烫平	tàng píng	to press (clothes) / to iron out (wrinkles)
鞭	biān	whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针	zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn	If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 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
回火	huí huǒ	to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire
趁热打铁	chèn rè dǎ 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
熨烫	yùn tàng	to iron (clothes)
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
磨杵成针	mó chǔ chéng zhēn	to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently