铁蛋子

see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

variant of 蜑[Dan4]

egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing

surname Tie

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week