Chinese word dictionary

铁蒺藜

tiě jí li · (military) caltrop

Word information

Simplified铁蒺藜
Traditional鐵蒺藜
Pinyintiě jí li
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 铁蒺藜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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