1 subway

2 metro

1 subway station

1 to toughen

2 to temper

3 to engage in physical exercise

4 to work out

5 (fig.) to develop one's skills

6 to train oneself

1 surname Tie

1 iron (golf club)

1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)

2 an empty sack cannot stand upright

1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

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 to study diligently

1 lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel

2 to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)

1 lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

1 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)

2 fig. resolute and decisive

3 unhesitating

4 categorical