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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
firm; resolute; determined
HSK 3
determination / resolution / determined / firm and resolute / to make up one's mind / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狠* | 狠* | *狠
ruthless; fierce; ferocious / determined; resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of
HSK 6
to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short
HSK 7-9
to be determined to / to insist on
HSK 7-9
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to be determined / to be resolved
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
originally planned / originally determined
lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem
to be determined
to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better / to pull one's socks up
to sever all relations with sb / determined / decisive
to make a determined effort
to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association
to be determined by / to depend on
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
to rise to action with a determined shake of the arms
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
to be determined to win (idiom)
determined
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
not to be crushed (idiom) / to be determined to have one's revenge
a strong and determined man (idiom)
determined / unshakable


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