钢铁

鋼鐵
gāngtiě
noun #9,437

Meanings

  1. 1 steel; iron and steel
  2. 2 (figurative) iron will; steely resolve

Examples

Zhōngguó shì shìjiè shang zuì dà de gāngtiě shēngchǎnguó.
China is the world's largest steel producer.
Tā yǒu gāngtiě bān de yìzhì.
He has an iron will.
Gāngtiě hángyè miànlín chǎnnéng guòshèng de wèntí.
The steel industry faces overcapacity problems.

Tips

culture
钢铁 (Gāngtiě Xiá, Iron Man) is the Chinese name for the Marvel superhero. means 'hero/knight-errant.'

In Pop Culture

钢铁 Gāngtiě Xiá
Iron Man
Marvel superhero — literally 'steel iron hero'
钢铁怎样 Gāngtiě Shì Zěnyàng Liànchéng De
How the Steel Was Tempered
Soviet novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky, widely read in China

Stroke Order

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