Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「乘熱打鐵」, explained here.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「乘熱打鐵」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It is a metaphor for seizing the opportunity and speeding up the process of doing things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chéng rè dǎ tiě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sing4 yit6 da2 tit3
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
