趁熱打鐵

See also: 趁热打铁

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up	to forge; to perform the skills of a blacksmith
trad. (趁熱打鐵)		趁	熱	打鐵
simp. (趁热打铁)		趁	热	打铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènrèdǎtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ jit⁶ daa² tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènrèdǎtiě [Phonetic: chènrèdátiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènrèdǎtiě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-jê⁴-ta³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: chèn-rè-dǎ-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennrehdaatiee
    • Palladius: чэньжэдате (čɛnʹžɛdate)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can³ jit⁶ daa² tit³
    • Yale: chan yiht dá tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ jit⁹ daa² tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen³ yid⁶ da² tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ jiːt̚² taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

趁熱打鐵

1. strike while the iron is hot

Synonyms

• 打鐵趁熱／打铁趁热 (dǎtiěchènrè)

See also

• (Hokkien) 魚趁生，人趁茈／鱼趁生，人趁茈