「打鐵趁熱」
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Pronunciation: | daa2 tit3 can3 jit6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
打 to hit; dozen; to beat; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to compete with; to fight against; to go up against; to whisk; to inject; to load; to fill with; to tie; to knot; to "check off"; to get; to seize; to catch; to hunt; to work; to strive; to think; to concentrate; to count 鐵 hard; strong; solid; firm; unchangeable; iron; arms; weapon 趁 while; when 熱 hot; popular; craze; mania; fad |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to strike while the iron is hot; to immediately seize an opportunity
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