打鐵趁熱

See also: 打铁趁热

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtiěchènrè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² tit³ can³ jit⁶

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

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 打鐵趁熱

1. strike while the iron is hot

Synonyms

• 趁熱打鐵／趁热打铁 (chènrèdǎtiě)

See also

• (Min Nan) 魚趁生，人趁茈／鱼趁生，人趁茈