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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎtiěchènrè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² tit³ can³ jit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎtiěchènrè [Phonetic: dátiěchènrè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatiiechennreh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² tit³ can³ jit⁶
  - Yale: dá tit chan yiht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tit⁸ tsan³ jit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² tid³ cen³ yid⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰɐn³³ jiːt̚²/

Idiom

打鐵趁熱

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

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