炼铁厂

煉鐵廠
liàntiěchǎng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 iron foundry
  2. 2 ironworks
  3. 3 iron smelting plant

Examples

Zhè zuò chéngshì yǐ liàntiěchǎng wénmíng.
This city is famous for its ironworks.
Liàntiěchǎng de yāncōng rìyè mào zhe nóngyān.
The smokestacks of the iron foundry belched thick smoke day and night.

Tips

history
The 1958 大跃进 (Great Leap Forward) campaign called on every commune to set up backyard 炼铁厂 (rural-method iron furnaces) to overtake Britain in steel — most produced unusable pig iron and the campaign became a symbol of disastrous economic policy.

Stroke Order

liàn
tiě
chǎng