打铁趁热

打
打
铁
鐵
趁
趁
热
熱
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)

Characters and words in 打铁趁热

打
dá = d + a2
dozen (loanword)
打
dǎ = d + a3
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.
打
打
铁
鐵
to forge ironware
铁
鐵
tiě = ti + e3
surname Tie
铁 = 失 + 钅 : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
铁
鐵
tiě = ti + e3
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
铁 = 失 + 钅 : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
趁
chèn = ch + (e)n4
to avail oneself of / to take advantage of
趁 = 㐱 + 走 : As Charlie Chaplin (ch) is Nordic walking (走) through the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) he finds a huge afro (㐱) lying on the floor. He seizes the opportunity (趁) to skewer the afro in passing on his Nordic walking pole to take it home and try it on.
趁
趂
chèn = ch + (e)n4
old variant of 趁[chen4]
热
熱
rè = r + e4
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
热 = 执 + 灬 : Robinson Crusoe wants to heat himself up in the elevator's bathroom, so he burns his good-for-nothing grilling license on a grill to ignite a sizeable flame.

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