铁蹄 (tiě tí) — (figurative) cruel oppression, especially by an invading army or regime; (literal) iron hooves (of a horse)
Definition
Literally 'iron hooves' — used figuratively to mean cruel oppression by an invading army or regime, as in 在殖民者的铁蹄下 ('under the iron heel of the colonizers').
noun
(figurative) cruel oppressionespecially by an invading army or regime(literal) iron hooves (of a horse)
Examples
- 铁蹄。Nà ge chéng shì céng jīng bèi qīn lüè zhě de tiě tí yā pò.That city was once oppressed under the iron heel of the invaders.
- 铁蹄。Zhàn mǎ de tiě tí tà zài shí tou shàng jiàn qǐ huǒ huā.The war horse's iron hooves struck sparks on the stones.
- 铁蹄，。Zài zhí mín zhě de tiě tí xià, dāng dì wén huà zāo dào huǐ miè.Under the iron heel of the colonizers, the local culture was destroyed.
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