电烙铁 電烙鐵

电 電

• 来电 來電 lái diàn ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ loi4 din6 incoming telephone call (or telegram)
• 停电 停電 tíng diàn ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ting4 din6 to have a power failure
• 充电 充電 chōng diàn ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˋ cung1 din6 to recharge (a battery)
• 回电 回電 huí diàn ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ wui4 din6 to call sb back (on the phone)
• 家电 家電 jiā diàn ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ gaa1 din6 household electric appliance

烙

• 炮烙 páo luò ㄆㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ paau3 lok3 form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商纣王 in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
• 烙印 lào yìn ㄌㄠˋ ㄧㄣˋ lok3 jan3 to brand (cattle etc)
• 烙铁 烙鐵 lào tie ㄌㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄧㄝ lok3 tit3 flatiron
• 烙饼 烙餅 lào bǐng ㄌㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ lok3 beng2 pancake

铁 鐵

• 地铁 地鐵 dì tiě ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ dei6 tit3 underground railway; subway
• 钢铁 鋼鐵 gāng tiě ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇ gong3 tit3 steel
• 铁路 鐵路 tiě lù ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ tit3 lou6 railroad
• 高铁 高鐵 gāo tiě ㄍㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˇ gou1 tit3 high speed rail
• 地铁站 地鐵站 dì tiě zhàn ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄢˋ dei6 tit3 zaam6 subway station

• 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄠ ㄌㄨˋ din6 gwong1 ziu1 lou6 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
• 星流电击 星流電擊 xīng liú diàn jī ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ sing1 lau4 din6 gik1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

• 点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ dim2 gam1 sing4 tit3 to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
• 点铁成金 點鐵成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ dim2 tit3 sing4 gam1 to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
• 磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ mo4 cyun1 tit3 jin6 to grind one's way through an ink stone