Word: 打鐵 (dǎtiě)

打鐵 is how 打铁 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 打铁

打鐵 dictionary entry

dǎtiě: to forge ironware

Full dictionary entry for 打鐵

Example sentences using 打鐵

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二愣子打鐵，猛勁兒死砸

èrlèngzi dǎtiě, měngjìnr sǐ zá

a rash fellow forging iron: just pounding with brute force
出門看日頭,上路看風頭,打鐵看火頭

chūmén kàn rìtou,shànglù kàn fēngtou,dǎtiě kàn huǒtóu

going out, watch the sun; setting off, watch the wind; forging iron, watch the fire
打鐵先要本身硬

dǎtiě xiān yào běnshēn yìng

to forge iron, the smith himself must first be hard
打鐵烤煳了褲襠,沒看火候

dǎtiě kǎo húle kùdāng,méi kàn huǒhou

while forging iron, scorched the seat of his trousers: didn't watch the heat
打鐵的拆爐,散火

dǎtiě de chāi lú,sànhuǒ

the blacksmith tears down his furnace: the fire (the crew) scatters
打鐵的火爐潑上水,白搭一火

dǎtiě de huǒlú pō shàng shuǐ,báidā yì huǒ

water thrown on the blacksmith's furnace: a whole fire (partnership) wasted
石匠打鐵，不會看火色

shíjiàng dǎtiě, búhuì kàn huǒsè

a stonemason forging iron: can't read the colour of the fire