| 鐵 | [ tiě ] surname Tie |
| 鐵 | [ tiě ] iron (metal), arms, weapons, hard, strong, violent, unshakeable, determined, close, tight (slang) |
| 鐵三 | [ tiě sān ] triathlon |
| 鐵了心 | [ tiě le xīn ] determined, unshakable |
| 鐵人 | [ tiě rén ] Ironman |
| 鐵人三項 | [ tiě rén sān xiàng ] triathlon |
| 鐵公雞 | [ tiě gōng jī ] cheapskate, stingy person |
| 鐵力 | [ tiě lì ] Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 鐵力市 | [ tiě lì shì ] Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 鐵力木 | [ tiě lì mù ] ironwood (Mesua ferrea) |
| 鐵匠 | [ tiě jiang ] blacksmith, ironworker |
| 鐵哥們 | [ tiě gē men ] (coll.) very close male friends |
| 鐵哥們兒 | [ tiě gē men ] erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5] |
| 鐵嘴沙鴴 | [ tiě zuǐ shā héng ] (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| 鐵器 | [ tiě qì ] hardware, ironware |
| 鐵塔 | [ tiě tǎ ] iron tower |
| 鐵子 | [ tiě zi ] (slang) very close friend, bro |
| 鐵定 | [ tiě dìng ] unalterable, certainly, definitely |
| 鐵將軍把門 | [ tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén ] lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom), fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside |
| 鐵山 | [ tiě shān ] Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 鐵山區 | [ tiě shān qū ] Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 鐵山港區 | [ tiě shān gǎng qū ] Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[Bei3 hai3 shi4], Guangxi |
| 鐵峰 | [ tiě fēng ] Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 鐵峰區 | [ tiě fēng qū ] Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 鐵嶺 | [ tiě lǐng ] Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China, also Tieling county |
| 鐵嶺地區 | [ tiě lǐng dì qū ] Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning |
| 鐵嶺市 | [ tiě lǐng shì ] Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China |
| 鐵嶺縣 | [ tiě lǐng xiàn ] Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning |
| 鐵幕 | [ tiě mù ] Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) |
| 鐵打 | [ tiě dǎ ] made of iron, strong as iron |
| 鐵打的衙門，流水的官 | [ tiě dǎ de yá men liú shuǐ de guān ] lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom), fig. government officials come and go |
| 鐵托 | [ tiě tuō ] Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980 |
| 鐵拐李 | [ tiě lǐ ] see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[Li3 Tie3 guai3] |
| 鐵拳 | [ tiě quán ] Tekken (video game) |
| 鐵木真 | [ tiě mù zhēn ] Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] |
| 鐵杉 | [ tiě shān ] Tsuga chinensis |
| 鐵杖 | [ tiě zhàng ] steel staff, steel stick |
| 鐵東 | [ tiě dōng ] Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin |
| 鐵東區 | [ tiě dōng qū ] Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin, Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning |
| 鐵杵成針 | [ tiě chǔ chéng zhēn ] see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1] |
| 鐵板 | [ tiě bǎn ] iron panel, hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) |
| 鐵板燒 | [ tiě bǎn shaō ] teppanyaki |
| 鐵板牛柳 | [ tiě bǎn niú liǔ ] fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate |
| 鐵板牛肉 | [ tiě bǎn niú roù ] beef grilled on a hot iron plate |
| 鐵板茄子 | [ tiě bǎn qié zi ] eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate |
| 鐵格子 | [ tiě gé zi ] iron lattice, metal grid |
| 鐵桿 | [ tiě gān ] iron (golf club) |
| 鐵桿 | [ tiě gǎn ] iron rod, zealous, die-hard |
| 鐵桿粉絲 | [ tiě gǎn fěn sī ] die-hard fan |
| 鐵棒 | [ tiě bàng ] iron club, steel rod |
| 鐵樹 | [ tiě shù ] sago palm (Cycas revoluta) |
| 鐵樹開花 | [ tiě shù kaī huā ] lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom), a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence |
| 鐵欄 | [ tiě lán ] metal grille, railing, bars |
| 鐵氟龍 | [ tiě fú lóng ] Teflon (Tw) |
| 鐵水 | [ tiě shuǐ ] molten iron |
| 鐵法 | [ tiě fǎ ] Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning |
| 鐵法市 | [ tiě fǎ shì ] Tiefa city, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning |
| 鐵爪鵐 | [ tiě zhaǒ wú ] (bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) |
| 鐵爾梅茲 | [ tiě ěr meí zī ] Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan |
| 鐵球 | [ tiě qiú ] kung fu balls |
| 鐵琴 | [ tiě qín ] metallophone |
| 鐵環 | [ tiě huán ] an iron ring |
| 鐵甲 | [ tiě jiǎ ] mail plating, armor, armor plating |
| 鐵甲船 | [ tiě jiǎ chuán ] armored ship |
| 鐵甲艦 | [ tiě jiǎ jiàn ] ironclad, an armor-plated battleship |
| 鐵甲車 | [ tiě jiǎ chē ] armored car |
| 鐵皮 | [ tiě pí ] galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) |
| 鐵石 | [ tiě shí ] iron and stone |
| 鐵石心腸 | [ tiě shí xīn cháng ] to have a heart of stone, hard-hearted, unfeeling |
| 鐵砂 | [ tiě shā ] shot (in shotgun), pellets |
| 鐵砧 | [ tiě zhēn ] anvil |
| 鐵礦 | [ tiě kuàng ] iron ore, iron ore mine |
| 鐵礦石 | [ tiě kuàng shí ] iron ore |
| 鐵窗 | [ tiě chuāng ] window with an iron grating (apartment etc), barred window of a prison cell |
| 鐵窗生活 | [ tiě chuāng shēng huó ] time served in prison, prison life |
| 鐵箍 | [ tiě gū ] iron hoop |
| 鐵箱 | [ tiě xiāng ] metal trunk, metal box, a safe |
| 鐵粉 | [ tiě fěn ] (slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝[tie3 gan3 fen3 si1]) |
| 鐵絲 | [ tiě sī ] iron wire, CL:根[gen1], subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]), railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1]) |
| 鐵絲網 | [ tiě sī wǎng ] wire netting, CL:道[dao4] |
| 鐵罐 | [ tiě guàn ] metal pot |
| 鐵腕 | [ tiě wàn ] iron fist (of the state) |
| 鐵蛋 | [ tiě dàn ] iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week |
| 鐵蛋子 | [ tiě dàn zi ] see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2] |
| 鐵血宰相 | [ tiě xuè zaǐ xiàng ] Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 |
| 鐵西 | [ tiě xī ] Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin, Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 鐵西區 | [ tiě xī qū ] Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin, Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 鐵觀音 | [ tiě guān yīn ] Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea) |
| 鐵證 | [ tiě zhèng ] ironclad evidence, conclusive proof |
| 鐵證如山 | [ tiě zhèng rú shān ] irrefutable evidence |
| 鐵路 | [ tiě lù ] railroad, railway, CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 鐵路線 | [ tiě lù xiàn ] railway line |
| 鐵蹄 | [ tiě tí ] iron hoof (of the oppressor) |
| 鐵軌 | [ tiě guǐ ] rail, railroad track, CL:根[gen1] |
| 鐵軍 | [ tiě jūn ] invincible army |
| 鐵通 | [ tiě tōng ] China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通[Zhong1 yi2 Tie3 tong1]) |
| 鐵通 | [ tiě tōng ] (Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon) |
| 鐵道 | [ tiě daò ] railway line, rail track |
| 鐵道部 | [ tiě daò bù ] Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[Jiao1 tong1 Yun4 shu1 bu4] |
| 鐵達尼號 | [ tiě dá ní haò ] RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw), PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4] |
| 鐵鈎 | [ tiě goū ] iron hook |
| 鐵鈎兒 | [ tiě goū ] erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩[tie3 gou1] |
| 鐵鋁土 | [ tiě lǚ tǔ ] Ferralosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| 鐵鍁 | [ tiě xiān ] iron shovel, spade, CL:把[ba3] |
| 鐵鍋 | [ tiě guō ] iron cooking pot |
| 鐵鍬 | [ tiě ] spade, shovel |
| 鐵鎂質 | [ tiě meǐ zhì ] mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates) |
| 鐵鏈 | [ tiě liàn ] iron chain |
| 鐵鏽 | [ tiě xiù ] rust |
| 鐵青 | [ tiě qīng ] ashen |
| 鐵面 | [ tiě miàn ] iron mask (as defensive armor), fig. upright and selfless person |
| 鐵面無私 | [ tiě miàn wú sī ] strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) |
| 鐵飯碗 | [ tiě fàn wǎn ] secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) |
| 鐵餅 | [ tiě bǐng ] (athletics) discus, discus throw |
| 鐵馬 | [ tiě mǎ ] armored horse, cavalry, metal chimes hanging from eaves, steel barricade, (Tw) bike |
| 鐵騎 | [ tiě qí ] armored horses, crack horsemen |
| 鐵齒 | [ tiě chǐ ] (Tw) obstinate, argumentative, opinionated, skeptical of superstitions, (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí]) |
| 鐵齒銅牙 | [ tiě chǐ tóng yá ] clever and eloquent speaker (idiom) |
| ⇒ 三氯化鐵 | [ sān lǜ huà tiě ] ferric chloride FeCl3 |
| ⇒ 三角鐵 | [ sān tiě ] triangle (musical instrument), angle iron |
| ⇒ 三鐵 | [ sān tiě ] triathlon (Tw), (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) |
| ⇒ 不鏽鐵 | [ bù xiù tiě ] stainless iron |
| ⇒ 亞鐵 | [ yà tiě ] ferrous |
| ⇒ 京九鐵路 | [ jīng jiǔ tiě lù ] JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway |
| ⇒ 京哈鐵路 | [ jīng hā tiě lù ] Beijing-Harbin railway |
| ⇒ 京廣鐵路 | [ jīng guǎng tiě lù ] Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway |
| ⇒ 京滬高鐵 | [ jīng hù gaō tiě ] Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010, abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路 |
| ⇒ 人是鐵飯是鋼 | [ rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng ] one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom), an empty sack cannot stand upright |
| ⇒ 刀片鐵絲網 | [ daō piàn tiě sī wǎng ] razor wire |
| ⇒ 加拿大太平洋鐵路 | [ jiā ná dà taì píng yáng tiě lù ] Canadian Pacific Railway |
| ⇒ 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | [ zhǐ yaò 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 磨杵成針|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 |
| ⇒ 吸鐵石 | [ xī tiě shí ] a magnet, same as 磁鐵|磁铁 |
| ⇒ 地下鐵路 | [ dì xià tiě lù ] subway |
| ⇒ 地鐵 | [ dì tiě ] subway, metro |
| ⇒ 地鐵站 | [ dì tiě zhàn ] subway station |
| ⇒ 埃菲爾鐵塔 | [ aī feī ěr tiě tǎ ] Eiffel Tower |
| ⇒ 城鐵 | [ chéng tiě ] rapid transit system, urban railway |
| ⇒ 太平洋聯合鐵路 | [ taì píng yáng lián hé tiě lù ] Union Pacific Railroad |
| ⇒ 富鐵土 | [ fù tiě tǔ ] Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| ⇒ 寶成鐵路 | [ baǒ chéng tiě lù ] Baoji-Chengdu Railway |
| ⇒ 寶武鋼鐵 | [ baǒ wǔ gāng tiě ] Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团[Bao3 gang1 Ji2 tuan2] and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁[Wu3 han4 Gang1 tie3] in 2016 |
| ⇒ 巴鐵 | [ bā tiě ] Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), (coll.) Pakistani brethren, Pakistani comrades, abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5] |
| ⇒ 廢銅爛鐵 | [ feì tóng làn tiě ] scrap metal, a pile of junk |
| ⇒ 廢鐵 | [ feì tiě ] scrap iron |
| ⇒ 廣九鐵路 | [ guǎng jiǔ tiě lù ] Guangdong and Kowloon railway |
| ⇒ 恨鐵不成鋼 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 手無寸鐵 | [ shoǔ wú cùn tiě ] lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless |
| ⇒ 打鐵 | [ dǎ tiě ] to forge ironware |
| ⇒ 打鐵趁熱 | [ dǎ tiě chèn rè ] strike the iron while it's hot (idiom) |
| ⇒ 拿鐵 | [ ná tiě ] latte (loanword) |
| ⇒ 拿鐵咖啡 | [ ná tiě kā feī ] latte (coffee), café latte |
| ⇒ 搭鐵 | [ dā tiě ] abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线, chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit) |
| ⇒ 撒拉鐵 | [ sǎ lā tiě ] Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah) |
| ⇒ 擼鐵 | [ lū tiě ] (coll.) to pump iron, to work out |
| ⇒ 斬釘截鐵 | [ zhǎn dīng jié tiě ] lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom), fig. resolute and decisive, unhesitating, categorical |
| ⇒ 李鐵 | [ lǐ tiě ] Li Tie (1977-), footballer |
| ⇒ 李鐵拐 | [ lǐ tiě ] Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine |
| ⇒ 武漢鋼鐵公司 | [ wǔ hàn gāng tiě gōng sī ] Wuhan Iron and Steel |
| ⇒ 永久磁鐵 | [ yǒng jiǔ cí tiě ] a permanent magnet |
| ⇒ 洋鐵箔 | [ yáng tiě bó ] tinfoil, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 港鐵 | [ gǎng tiě ] (Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway) |
| ⇒ 滑鐵盧 | [ huá tiě lú ] Waterloo (Belgium), Battle of Waterloo (1815), (fig.) a defeat |
| ⇒ 滑鐵盧火車站 | [ huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn ] Waterloo Station (London) |
| ⇒ 滬寧鐵路 | [ hù níng tiě lù ] Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway |
| ⇒ 烙鐵 | [ laò tie ] flatiron, iron, branding iron, soldering iron |
| ⇒ 煉鐵 | [ liàn tiě ] smelting iron |
| ⇒ 煉鐵廠 | [ liàn tiě chǎng ] iron foundry |
| ⇒ 熟鐵 | [ shú tiě ] wrought iron |
| ⇒ 生鐵 | [ shēng tiě ] pig iron |
| ⇒ 白口鐵 | [ baí koǔ tiě ] white iron |
| ⇒ 白鐵 | [ baí tiě ] galvanized iron |
| ⇒ 砸鍋賣鐵 | [ zá guō maì tiě ] to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) |
| ⇒ 硫酸鐵 | [ liú suān tiě ] ferrous sulfate |
| ⇒ 磁鐵 | [ cí tiě ] magnet |
| ⇒ 磁鐵礦 | [ cí tiě kuàng ] magnetite Fe3O4 |
| ⇒ 磨穿鐵硯 | [ mó chuān tiě yàn ] to grind one's way through an ink stone, to persevere in a difficult task (idiom), to study diligently (idiom) |
| ⇒ 粵漢鐵路 | [ yuè hàn tiě lù ] Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4] |
| ⇒ 網絡鐵路 | [ wǎng luò tiě lù ] Network Rail (UK railway organization) |
| ⇒ 老鐵 | [ laǒ tiě ] (slang) very close friend, bro |
| ⇒ 膠濟鐵路 | [ jì tiě lù ] Jiaonan-Jinan railway |
| ⇒ 艾菲爾鐵塔 | [ aì feī ěr tiě tǎ ] Eiffel Tower |
| ⇒ 菱鐵礦 | [ líng tiě kuàng ] siderite |
| ⇒ 蘇鐵 | [ sū tiě ] sago palm (Cycas revoluta) |
| ⇒ 蘭新鐵路 | [ lán xīn tiě lù ] Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway |
| ⇒ 角鐵 | [ tiě ] angle iron |
| ⇒ 赤鐵礦 | [ chì tiě kuàng ] hematite (red iron ore), ferric oxide Fe2O3 |
| ⇒ 趁熱打鐵 | [ chèn rè dǎ tiě ] to strike while the iron is hot |
| ⇒ 踏破鐵鞋 | [ tà pò tiě xié ] lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom), fig. to search high and low |
| ⇒ 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 | [ tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù dé laí quán bù feì gōng fu ] to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily |
| ⇒ 輕鐵 | [ qīng tiě ] Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路) |
| ⇒ 金戈鐵馬 | [ jīn gē tiě mǎ ] very powerful army |
| ⇒ 金銀銅鐵錫 | [ jīn yín tóng tiě xī ] the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin |
| ⇒ 鈦鐵礦 | [ taì tiě kuàng ] ilmenite FeTiO3, titanium ore |
| ⇒ 銅牆鐵壁 | [ tóng qiáng tiě bì ] copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense |
| ⇒ 銑鐵 | [ xiǎn tiě ] cast iron |
| ⇒ 鋼鐵 | [ gāng tiě ] steel |
| ⇒ 鋼鐵俠 | [ gāng tiě xiá ] Iron Man, comic book superhero |
| ⇒ 鋼鐵學院 | [ gāng tiě xué yuàn ] Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing) |
| ⇒ 鋼鐵工業 | [ gāng tiě gōng yè ] steel industry |
| ⇒ 鋼鐵廠 | [ gāng tiě chǎng ] iron and steel works, steelworks |
| ⇒ 錚錚鐵漢 | [ zhēng zhēng tiě hàn ] a strong and determined man (idiom) |
| ⇒ 鍛鐵 | [ duàn tiě ] wrought iron |
| ⇒ 鏽鐵 | [ xiù tiě ] rusty iron |
| ⇒ 鑄鐵 | [ zhù tiě ] pig iron, foundry iron |
| ⇒ 隴海鐵路 | [ lǒng haǐ tiě lù ] Jiangsu-Gansu railway |
| ⇒ 雪鐵龍 | [ xuě tiě lóng ] Citroën (French car manufacturer) |
| ⇒ 電烙鐵 | [ diàn laò tie ] electric iron, electric soldering iron |
| ⇒ 電磁鐵 | [ diàn cí tiě ] electromagnet |
| ⇒ 青藏鐵路 | [ qīng zàng tiě lù ] Qinghai-Tibet railway |
| ⇒ 青藏鐵路線 | [ qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn ] Qinghai-Tibet Railway |
| ⇒ 馬口鐵 | [ mǎ koǔ tiě ] tinplate, tin (tin-coated steel) |
| ⇒ 馬蹄鐵 | [ mǎ tí tiě ] horseshoe |
| ⇒ 高鐵 | [ gaō tiě ] high speed rail |
| ⇒ 高鐵血紅蛋白 | [ gaō tiě xuè hóng dàn baí ] hemoglobin |
| ⇒ 黃鐵礦 | [ huáng tiě kuàng ] pyrite |
| ⇒ 點金成鐵 | [ diǎn jīn chéng tiě ] to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it |
| ⇒ 點鐵成金 | [ diǎn tiě chéng jīn ] to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem |