铁镁质
tiě měi zhì
Pinyin

Definition

铁镁质
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tiě měi zhì
  1. mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

优质
yōu zhì
  1. 1 excellent quality
品质
pǐn zhì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 intrinsic quality (of a person)
  3. 3 quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
地铁
dì tiě
  1. 1 subway
  2. 2 metro
地铁站
dì tiě zhàn
  1. 1 subway station
本质
běn zhì
  1. 1 essence
  2. 2 nature
  3. 3 innate character
  4. 4 intrinsic quality
气质
qì zhì
  1. 1 temperament
  2. 2 personality traits
  3. 3 manners
物质
wù zhì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 substance
  3. 3 material
  4. 4 materialistic
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence
蛋白质
dàn bái zhì
  1. 1 protein
质疑
zhì yí
  1. 1 to call into question
  2. 2 to question (truth or validity)
质量
zhì liàng
  1. 1 quality
  2. 2 (physics) mass
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
铁
Tiě
  1. 1 surname Tie
铁杆
tiě gān
  1. 1 iron (golf club)
铁石心肠
tiě shí xīn cháng
  1. 1 to have a heart of stone
  2. 2 hard-hearted
  3. 3 unfeeling
铁路
tiě lù
  1. 1 railroad
  2. 2 railway
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
铁道部
Tiě dào bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[Jiāo tōng Yùn shū bù]
铁面
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
高铁
gāo tiě
  1. 1 high speed rail
人质
rén zhì
  1. 1 hostage
保质期
bǎo zhì qī
  1. 1 date of use (on foodstuffs)
  2. 2 best before date

Idioms (20)

人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
  1. 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
  1. 1 lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
  2. 2 to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě
  1. 1 lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
按质定价
àn zhì dìng jià
  1. 1 to fix a price based on quality (idiom)
斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
  1. 1 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. resolute and decisive
  3. 3 unhesitating
  4. 4 categorical
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
  1. 1 to grind one's way through an ink stone
  2. 2 to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
  3. 3 to study diligently (idiom)
羊质虎皮
yáng zhì hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance
  3. 3 braggart
蜕化变质
tuì huà biàn zhì
  1. 1 to degenerate (morally) (idiom)
  2. 2 to become depraved
踏破铁鞋
tà pò tiě xié
  1. 1 lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to search high and low
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
铮铮铁汉
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
  1. 1 a strong and determined man (idiom)
铁将军把门
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén
  1. 1 lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
铁打的衙门，流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
铁树开花
tiě shù kāi huā
  1. 1 lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
  2. 2 a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
铁面无私
tiě miàn wú sī
  1. 1 strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá
  1. 1 clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
点金成铁
diǎn jīn chéng tiě
  1. 1 to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
点铁成金
diǎn tiě chéng jīn
  1. 1 to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

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