铁打

鐵打
tiědǎ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 made of iron
  2. 2 iron-clad
  3. 3 rock-solid
  4. 4 indomitable

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè shì tiědǎ de shìshí, shéi yě gǎibiàn bù liǎo.
This is an iron-clad fact; no one can change it.
HSK 7-9
Tā yǒu yī fù tiědǎ de shēnzi, cóngbù shēngbìng.
He has a body of iron - he never gets sick.

Tips

usage
Almost always used attributively as 铁打 + noun: 铁打的纪律 (iron discipline), 铁打的事实 (rock-solid fact), 铁打的身体 (iron constitution). Comes from a famous saying: 铁打的营盘流水的兵 - 'an iron camp, soldiers like flowing water', i.e. the institution endures while individuals come and go.

Stroke Order

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