打铁趁热 in English da3 tie3 chen4 re4 Meaning

Meanings

  • strike the iron while it's hot (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

打 铁 趁 热

Traditional Characters

打 鐵 趁 熱

Pinyin

da3 tie3 chen4 re4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 铁tie3surname Tie 趁chen4to avail oneself of 热re4to warm up