Chinese word dictionary

打铁趁热

dǎ tiě chèn rè · strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)

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Word information

Simplified打铁趁热

Traditional打鐵趁熱

Pinyindǎ tiě chèn rè

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

打dǎ

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

铁tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

趁chèn

to take advantage of, to seize an opportunity

热rè

heat, fever, zeal

How to learn 打铁趁热

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打电话dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

热rè

to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

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. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")

打车dǎchē

to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

地铁dìtiě

underground railway; subway; subway train