"打鐵趁熱" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 打铁趁热 [Simplified-Chinese], 趁熱打鐵 [Traditional-Chinese, alternative], 趁热打铁 [Simplified-Chinese, alternative]
  1. 做事必須把握時機 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-打鐵趁熱-zh-phrase-8CcTSWjP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "趁熱打鐵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "趁热打铁"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「打」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「熱」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「趁」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「鐵」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "打铁趁热",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "趁熱打鐵",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "趁热打铁",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "打造鐵器必須加熱鎔燒",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "做事必須把握時機"
      ],
      "id": "zh-打鐵趁熱-zh-phrase-8CcTSWjP",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dátiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta³-tʻieh³-chʻên⁴-jê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎ-tyě-chèn-rè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daatieechennreh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "datečɛnʹžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "датечэньжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "打鐵趁熱"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "趁熱打鐵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "趁热打铁"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「打」的漢語詞",
    "帶「熱」的漢語詞",
    "帶「趁」的漢語詞",
    "帶「鐵」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "打铁趁热",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "趁熱打鐵",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "趁热打铁",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "打造鐵器必須加熱鎔燒",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "做事必須把握時機"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dátiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎtiěchènrè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta³-tʻieh³-chʻên⁴-jê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dǎ-tyě-chèn-rè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daatieechennreh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "datečɛnʹžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "датечэньжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "打鐵趁熱"
}

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