Word: 打铁 (dǎtiě) Traditional: 打鐵 打铁 dictionary entry dǎtiě to forge ironware Full dictionary entry for 打铁 Example sentences using 打铁 7 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 二愣子打铁，猛劲儿死砸 èrlèngzi dǎtiě, měngjìnr sǐ zá a rash fellow forging iron: just pounding with brute force 出门看日头,上路看风头,打铁看火头 chūmén kàn rìtou,shànglù kàn fēngtou,dǎtiě kàn huǒtóu going out, watch the sun; setting off, watch the wind; forging iron, watch the fire 打铁先要本身硬 dǎtiě xiān yào běnshēn yìng to forge iron, the smith himself must first be hard 打铁烤煳了裤裆,没看火候 dǎtiě kǎo húle kùdāng,méi kàn huǒhou while forging iron, scorched the seat of his trousers: didn't watch the heat 打铁的拆炉,散火 dǎtiě de chāi lú,sànhuǒ the blacksmith tears down his furnace: the fire (the crew) scatters 打铁的火炉泼上水,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 石匠打铁，不会看火色 shíjiàng dǎtiě, búhuì kàn huǒsè a stonemason forging iron: can't read the colour of the fire