趁熱打鐵
chèn​rè​dǎ​tiě

to strike while the iron is hot

  • created reference approved 趁热打铁/趁熱打鐵 → 打铁趁热/打鐵趁熱 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趁热打铁 / 趁熱打鐵 chèn​rè​dǎ​tiě

    打铁趁热 / 打鐵趁熱 dǎ​tiě​chèn​rè

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 趁热打铁/趁熱打鐵 · chèn​rè​dǎ​tiě · to strike while the iron is hot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趁热打铁 / 趁熱打鐵

    chèn​rè​dǎ​tiě

    to strike while the iron is hot

    to forge iron while it is still hot; figuratively, to act at the right moment without delay or to take advantage of favorable circumstances to finish a task

    趁 (literal) → 趁 · chèn · while 热 (literal) → 热/熱 · rè · hot 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to build; to forge 铁 (literal) → 铁/鐵 · tiě · iron

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense