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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chènrèdǎtiě [Phonetic: chènrèdátiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennrehdaatiie
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: can³ jit⁶ daa² tit³
  - Yale: chan yiht dá tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ jit⁹ daa² tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen³ yid⁶ da² tid³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ jiːt̚² täː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

趁熱打鐵

strike while the iron is hot

Synonyms

打鐵趁熱／打铁趁热 (dǎtiěchènrè)

See also

(Min Nan) 魚趁生，人趁茈／鱼趁生，人趁茈

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