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打铁

dǎ tiě

2-character word Traditional 打鐵

What 打铁 means

1. to forge ironware

The characters in 打铁

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons

Example sentences

• 趁热打铁。
  Strike while the iron is hot.
• 打铁趁热。
  Strike while the iron is hot.
• 打铁成铁匠。
  Dǎtiě chéng tiějiang.
  It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.

Words starting with 打铁

• 打铁趁热dǎ tiě chèn rèsee 趁热打铁

Words containing 打铁

• 趁热打铁chèn rè dǎ tiěto strike while the iron is hot